Valedictory

The one win came at Chelmsford back in October 2025, and what is notable is who is behind it. Valedictory is trained by John and Thady Gosden, one of the most respected operations in British racing, based out of Newmarket in Suffolk. This is a yard that does not send horses out to make up the numbers — they have already sent out 135 winners this season alone, which tells you everything about the scale and quality of what they do. When a horse comes out of that team, it has been prepared properly.

The recent form tells an interesting story too. Reading the last four runs from most recent to oldest — second, first, fourth, third — you can see a horse that has been knocking on the door consistently, found the winner's enclosure in October, and has since come back to run another good second. It raced just yesterday, so this is very much a horse in the middle of its campaign rather than one winding down.

At four years old and with only four races to its name, Valedictory still looks like a horse with plenty of questions left to answer. The Gosden yard will know exactly what it is capable of, and given how consistently it has placed, the expectation will be that another win is not far away.