Zambezi Magic

The other crucial ingredient is the weather. When the rain comes down and the ground turns wet and muddy, Zambezi Magic transforms. On that kind of surface, the record reads 4 wins from 7 races — that is winning more than half the time, a figure that most racehorses at any level would envy. In wet Welsh winters, at a Welsh track, trained by a Welsh yard in Fochriw, Mid Glamorgan — Bernard Llewellyn's team has built something beautifully self-contained here.

Llewellyn's yard has sent out 8 winners already this season, and Zambezi Magic has contributed its share. The horse raced just two days ago and is clearly in the thick of an active campaign. Its last two wins both came at Ffos Las — most recently on 28 September 2025 — and the recent form of two wins from the last six races suggests this horse is racing as well as it ever has at the age of nine.

Jordan Williams rides Zambezi Magic more than anyone else, partnering the horse in 13 races together for 2 wins, which works out at roughly 1 in every 6 rides. That is a solid combination rather than a magical one — Williams knows the horse, and the horse knows the routine. Most of Zambezi Magic's racing comes at Class 6, the entry level of British racing, and at that level it has won 5 of 23 races — roughly 1 in every 4 or 5 attempts, which is a genuinely decent record.

This is not a horse destined for the top races. But there is something quietly brilliant about a horse that has identified exactly what it needs — one track, soft ground, home comforts — and delivers there again and again. Zambezi Magic is nine years old and still winning. Do not write it off just yet.