Up The Anti

The trainer is Tony Carroll, whose yard in Cropthorne, Worcestershire, has been in seriously good form — 132 winners this season is a big number, the kind of total that marks out a stable that keeps horses fit and races them at the right time. Carroll clearly knows what he's doing with this one, having placed it to win on three separate occasions across its career.

The most interesting part of Up The Anti's profile is its distance record. At a mile and one or two furlongs — a trip that suits a horse with a bit of stamina rather than pure speed — it has won 1 from 4 races, a 25% win rate. That's the best conversion of any distance in its career, and it suggests the horse finds its rhythm when given a bit of room to stretch out. Worth remembering if you see it lining up over that sort of trip.

The recent form makes for mixed reading: an eighth and a seventh sandwiched around a couple of fourth-placed finishes isn't exactly sparkling, but that one at the end of the sequence — a win at Kempton Park in December 2025 — shows the ability is still there. That was the most recent victory, coming roughly four months ago, so the team will be hoping to find that form again. Regular jockey Jack Doughty hasn't yet managed to get the best out of the horse across seven rides together, but with three wins on the board overall, Up The Anti has clearly found its moment with other pilots in the saddle at Leicester and beyond. It's a horse that rewards patience, and in the right race at the right trip, it's shown it can get the job done.