Vince Lombardi

The real story here is his connection with both Wolverhampton and jockey Dale Swift. At Wolverhampton specifically, Vince Lombardi is a different horse: two wins from four races there tells you he has learned the track and how to run on it. The partnership with Swift is equally telling — together they have won three races from eleven, a 27% win rate that is nearly double the horse's career average. That kind of consistency suggests they understand each other. Swift also picks up wins on horses trained by Seb Spencer's Malton yard, which has been sending out decent winners this season, so there is genuine competence in the team.

Vince Lombardi runs best on normal, standard ground — he has won on it a handful of times — but he typically competes at Class 5 level, where he has won just two from nineteen races. That is the honest assessment: he is a low-level campaigner who knows his way around a small track and thrives with the right jockey and the right conditions. His last victory came at Wolverhampton in January, seven months back. If the yard want to get him back in the winner's circle, a return to that track with Swift in the saddle on normal ground would be the obvious recipe to try.