Zambezi Magic

Across 42 races in total, Zambezi Magic has won 6 and placed a further 11 times, giving a win rate of around 1 in every 7 races — respectable enough, but the headline number undersells what is really going on. The six career wins and 17 races at Ffos Las are one and the same stat: every single win this horse has ever recorded has come at that one track. Ffos Las is a tight, turning circuit in Carmarthenshire, and some horses simply click with a particular venue in a way that is hard to explain but impossible to ignore once you see it laid out like that.

Trained by B J Llewellyn from a small yard in Fochriw in the South Wales valleys, Zambezi Magic fits a very clear profile — a tough, consistent lower-level competitor who knows exactly where home is. The yard has sent out 12 winners this season, which is a solid return for an operation of this size. Jordan Williams, who rides the horse most regularly, has partnered Zambezi Magic in 13 races together and won twice, a win rate of roughly 1 in 6.

The recent form reads 6-5-7-5-7-1, which means four fairly quiet runs bookended by a win. That victory came at Ffos Las on 28 September 2025 — nine months ago now — and the horse raced just yesterday, so there is clearly still plenty of enthusiasm from the team to keep running. At nine years old, Zambezi Magic is not going to suddenly start winning top races, but that was never really the point. The point is Ffos Las, on a wet day, when the ground is cutting up. Under those conditions, this horse has been one of the most dependable things in Welsh racing.