Youarenotforgiven

What makes him genuinely interesting is what happens when he goes to Leicester. In four visits to that track, he has won three times — a 75% win rate that is frankly extraordinary. Most horses never win at a particular course at all; this one has turned Leicester into something close to a home fixture. Trainer Tony Carroll, based at Cropthorne in Worcestershire, clearly knows when and where to place him. Carroll's yard has sent out 136 winners this season alone, so this is not a small operation running on luck — it is a well-organised stable that picks its spots carefully. Carroll has spoken openly about steering the horse away from Brighton, where he did not run well, and being selective about which opportunities to take. That kind of patience and course awareness is exactly why the Leicester record looks the way it does.

Ground conditions matter too. On normal ground, Youarenotforgiven has won 5 of 12 races — that is 42%, nearly winning every other time out. That is the sort of figure that makes his trainer very interested in the weather forecast before entering him. His regular partner in the saddle is Jack Doughty, who has ridden him 11 times and won on 2 of those occasions — a relationship that is still developing but one the yard clearly values.

He tends to run in Class 4 races, a solid mid-tier level where the competition is decent without being elite, and at that level he has won 3 from 16. He is not a horse chasing glory in the biggest races, but he is a consistent, durable, and well-placed competitor who keeps finding ways to win. For a horse that first broke through at Doncaster back in July 2022, he has aged into something rather reliable — and on his best day, particularly at Leicester, he is the one everyone else is trying to beat.