Adonedeal

The career arc tells an interesting story. Adonedeal's first two runs produced consecutive wins — at Southwell in November 2025 and then at Plumpton in December 2025 — which is a flying start by any measure. Back-to-back wins out of the gate suggest a horse that took to racing quickly and arrived with ability already intact. Since then, the form has dipped, with four runs that haven't produced another victory, but two places in among those runs means the horse hasn't fallen apart — just hasn't quite reached those early heights again.

The trainer behind all of this is Olly Murphy, one of the busier yards in jump racing right now. Based at Wilmcote in Warwickshire, Murphy's team has sent out 146 winners already this season — a remarkable output that speaks to the depth and quality of the operation. When a horse like Adonedeal is sitting in a yard firing at that rate, there's every reason to think it's being placed and managed with care.

Adonedeal raced just one day ago, which means this is a horse right in the thick of its season. The two unplaced runs at the end of the recent sequence will have given the team plenty to think about, but the underlying record — 2 wins from 6, with a place on top of that — is the foundation of a horse that has already shown it can win races. Whether it can get back to that early form is the question worth watching.