Twilight Jet

The career numbers tell an interesting story. Across 34 races, Twilight Jet has won 5 times and finished in the places on 8 more occasions — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 7 races, or about 15%. That sounds modest, but the quality of those wins matters. The very first victory of its career came at Newmarket in October 2021, and it was a Class 1 race — one of the top races in the country. Landing a race of that calibre on debut as a winner is the kind of thing that marks a horse out as genuinely talented, and it set expectations high from the start.

What has followed has been a career of peaks and valleys. Twilight Jet has consistently been put into Class 2 races — some of the most competitive races in Britain — and has come up empty in all six attempts at that level. Zero wins from six is a tough line to read, but it also means the team has always believed this horse belongs near the top of the game. The recent dip in form — finishing eighth twice in the middle of this current run — makes the back-to-back wins either side of it all the more eye-catching.

Jockey Leigh Roche has been a key part of the partnership, riding the horse in 14 of its races and winning 3 of them — a win rate of around 1 in every 5 rides, or 21%. That is noticeably better than the horse's overall record and suggests the two have developed a real understanding. Normal ground suits Twilight Jet well too, with 2 wins from 9 races (22%) on standard conditions, and last week's Lingfield win came just one day ago, meaning this horse is bang in form right now.

Trained by Jim and Suzi Best out of Lewes in East Sussex — a yard that has already sent out 13 winners this season — Twilight Jet is a horse that has touched the very top of the sport, knows how to win, and is doing exactly that again at the age of seven.