Up The Jazz

The distance tells a big part of the story. At a mile and one or two furlongs, Up The Jazz has won 3 of 13 races — that's nearly 1 in every 4, which is a genuinely strong win rate at that trip. Stretch it shorter or longer and those wins dry up almost entirely. The Fahey yard at Musley Bank in North Yorkshire knows its horses, and with 23 winners already on the board this season, this is a team that sends horses out ready to run. When Up The Jazz lines up at the right distance, it is clearly well placed to deliver.

The most intriguing subplot here involves jockey Oisin Orr, who has ridden Up The Jazz in 13 of its 36 races without a single win to show for it — 0 from 13. That doesn't mean Orr is doing anything wrong; the two may simply keep meeting each other at the wrong trips or on the wrong days. But it's a curious blank on an otherwise decent record, and worth keeping an eye on.

Recent form is genuinely encouraging: second, third, sixth, second, first, second reading back from the most recent run. Up The Jazz won at Musselburgh just two weeks ago and raced again only yesterday, which tells you this is a horse in full work and clearly thriving. The Musselburgh win on 22 June 2026 is the latest chapter in a career that first got going at Carlisle back in August 2023 — so this isn't a horse discovering itself late, it's one that has been quietly building a record across three years.

One slight puzzle: Up The Jazz has competed 14 times in Class 4 races — a step up in quality — and hasn't won any of them. All four wins have come elsewhere, at slightly lower levels. That's not a knock; plenty of horses find their level and own it. Right now, Up The Jazz looks like a horse in form, at the right distance, running for a yard firing on all cylinders.