Zafaan

The most recent of those Yarmouth wins came just last week, on 26 June 2026, which tells you everything about where Zafaan is right now: in form, active, and happy. Its last six races read 4-1-–-5-2-3, meaning a win, a second, and a third in its last four completed runs. That is the kind of sequence that turns a modest career record into something worth paying attention to.

Context matters here, though. Zafaan mostly races at Class 6, which is the entry level of British racing — these are competitive fields, but not the big occasions. Winning 2 of 16 at that level, roughly 1 in every 8, is a solid rather than spectacular return. What sharpens the picture is the distance preference: at a mile and three or four furlongs, Zafaan has won 2 of 8 races, or 1 in every 4. That is a horse that genuinely improves when asked to stay a bit further. On normal ground — not too wet, not too firm — that record improves again to 2 wins from 10, or 1 in 5.

Put it all together and the formula is fairly clear: Zafaan at Great Yarmouth, over a mile and a half, on a dry summer day, is a different proposition to Zafaan anywhere else. Its regular partner William Carver has won 1 of their 5 races together — 1 in 5, or 20% — and the first career win came at Doncaster back in May 2023. A £74,000 career in prize money suggests a horse that has earned its keep without ever threatening the big prizes. But a course record like Yarmouth's? That is a horse that has found its home.