Vince L'Amour

The most useful thing about this horse is what he does on wet ground. When the track turns soft or muddy, Vince L'Amour comes alive—he has won 2 of his 6 races on those conditions, a win rate of one in three. Throw him on a dry, fast track and his record drops dramatically. This is the kind of detail that makes him interesting to his the yard. His last win came at Ripon on 8 May 2026, which is now four months in the past, and he has not tasted victory since.

He is trained by Tim Easterby at Great Habton in North Yorkshire, a yard that has been prolific this season with 128 winners. Easterby has partnered him most often with jockey David Allan, and together they have managed three wins from 21 races—a 14% win rate, which is actually better than Vince L'Amour's win rate overall. At Class 4 level, where he typically races, he has won just once from eleven attempts. This is a horse for patient the yard, one who shows flashes of ability on the right ground but has never quite managed to build on those moments. He will race again soon, and on the next rainy day, he might just remind everyone why Easterby keeps him in work.