Trojan Truth

The numbers tell an interesting story about what Trojan Truth actually needs to be at its best. On fast, dry ground, it has won 6 of 16 races — that is more than one in three, a remarkable figure for any horse. Strip out the wet-weather runs and you are looking at a genuine competitor rather than a modest one. Ed de Giles, who trains the horse from his yard in Ledbury, Herefordshire, has had 8 winners this season already, and Trojan Truth is clearly one of the yard's most consistent earners. It races mostly at the lower end of the class system — Class 6, which is essentially the bread-and-butter level of British racing — and at that level it has won 7 of 26 races, or just over 1 in 4. That is a horse doing its job.

Leicester is where Trojan Truth has been most dangerous, winning 2 of just 4 visits there. Two wins from four races at a specific track is the kind of record that makes trainers map out the season around a venue. Its first career win came at Windsor in May 2023, and it last won at Chepstow in July 2025, so there is a gap of nearly a year since the most recent victory — though recent form suggests it is still very much in the mix, with a win and three other placed efforts in its last six races.

Trevor Whelan, its most regular jockey, has won 1 of their 8 races together — roughly 1 in 8 — which is modest by comparison with the horse's overall record, suggesting Trojan Truth may show its best form with other riders. Either way, with a race just yesterday, this is a horse fully in training and clearly still enjoying the game.