Uncle Al

His first win came at Sedgefield in December 2025, but it is what happened next that is worth paying attention to. He followed that up with a victory at Huntingdon just this week — and looking at his last six races, the pattern is striking. After two disappointing sixth-place finishes, he ran second, then disappeared for a spell, and has now come back to win. That kind of revival, with a win landed so recently, makes him one to watch rather than write off.

Uncle Al competes mainly at Class 5, which is the bread-and-butter level of jump racing in Britain — the everyday competitions where horses find their rhythm and the yard try to piece together wins where they can. He has won 1 from 6 races at that level, roughly 1 in 6, which is respectable without being spectacular. The question now is whether this week's win at Huntingdon marks a genuine step forward or a flash in the pan.

His most regular partner in the saddle is Aaron Anderson, who has ridden him in 6 of his 14 races and been on board for 1 of his 2 wins — a win rate of around 1 in 6 together. That is a meaningful partnership by any measure, and the familiarity between horse and rider in a race can matter more than people realise. Trainer Jessica Bedi, based at Kirklevington in North Yorkshire, has sent out 2 winners so far this season. A small yard landing winners at this stage of the campaign is always worth noting — small operations do not carry passengers, so every runner tends to be placed with genuine intent.

With a race just yesterday and a win just days before that, Uncle Al is in the thick of it right now. He may never be a headline act, but for a seven-year-old coming into form, this is exactly the kind of moment his trainer will be looking to build on.