All Inn Hand

That level is primarily Class 4, which sits in the middle tier of British racing — not the glamour events, but not the bottom rung either. At that grade, All Inn Hand has won 2 from 8, a 25% win rate, or one in every four races. For context, most horses at this level would be happy to win one in six. Finding the winner's enclosure one in four times suggests this is genuinely a horse racing at the right level rather than one being stretched or sent in over its head.

Mickey Bowen's yard has been in fine form this season, sending out 51 winners, which is the kind of output that tells you this is a stable firing on all cylinders. Sean Bowen, who has partnered All Inn Hand in five of its 12 races and won once together, knows the horse well. That partnership winning 20% of the time — 1 in 5 — is a solid record in a sport where finding winners is notoriously hard.

What makes the profile genuinely interesting, though, is what Bowen has said about the horse's future. He has been open about the fact that jumping is All Inn Hand's real weapon, and that switching to chasing — racing over the larger fences rather than hurdles — will unlock a better horse entirely. He is pointing towards Perth's big spring meeting as the next target, having given the horse a break that has left it stronger and more mature. When a trainer who is sending out winners at a steady clip says a horse "will be a hell of a lot better" in a new discipline, it is worth paying attention. All Inn Hand looks like a horse whose best chapter has not been written yet.