Valedictory

The record reads 3 wins and 5 places from those 7 races, which means the horse has finished in the top positions in every single outing bar one. That sixth-place finish sits in the middle of the recent run of form — 1-1-6-2-1-4 from the last six races — and looks increasingly like a blip rather than a warning sign. Either side of it, Valedictory has been winning or running close, and the most recent three results tell the clearest story: a win, a second, and then another win just this week at Newmarket.

That latest victory came on 10 July 2026, which means Valedictory raced as recently as yesterday and won. The first win of the career arrived at Chelmsford back in October 2025, so this horse has developed steadily across roughly nine months of racing, improving rather than flattening out — which is exactly what you hope to see from a young horse moving through its career.

Behind all of this is the Newmarket yard of John and Thady Gosden, one of British racing's most respected training operations. The fact that they have sent out 140 winners already this season tells you everything about the scale and quality of what they do. When a horse from this yard is winning consistently and racing at a high level, it is not by accident — the Gosdens tend to place their horses carefully and bring them to the track when they are ready. Valedictory looks very much like a horse they believe in.