Zephlyn

The interesting detail is Catterick Bridge. In just 6 races there, Zephlyn has won twice — including most recently on 24 May 2025 — which works out to winning 1 in every 3 visits. For context, its overall record is 1 in every 9. Something about that tight, turning track in North Yorkshire clearly suits this horse, and a trainer worth his salt will have noticed. Ewan Whillans, who operates out of Hawick in the Scottish Borders, has sent out 28 winners this season alone, so this is a yard that knows what it is doing and where to place its horses.

The partnership with jockey Jason Hart is worth highlighting too. Hart has ridden Zephlyn 13 times and won on 4 of those occasions — a win rate of 31%, or nearly 1 in every 3 rides together. That is a genuinely strong number, well above Zephlyn's average with other jockeys, and suggests these two have a real understanding. When Hart is in the saddle, something clicks.

Zephlyn tends to run in the lower tier of races in Britain — Class 6, where the competition is least demanding — and has won 4 of its 21 races at that level, around 1 in every 5. On normal ground, the figures are 3 wins from 18 races, again roughly 1 in 5. The horse clearly has preferences, and the team around it has learned to play to them. The first career win came at Newcastle in January 2024, and that experience has clearly helped shape how the yard now targets races.

The recent run of form — no win in the last 6 races, with a 9th-place finish thrown in — suggests Zephlyn is in one of those flat patches that every horse goes through. But raced just yesterday and still active, this is not a horse winding down. Get it back to Catterick, put Hart on board, and the profile suddenly looks a lot more interesting.