Ancient Egypt

The career arc has been sharp and purposeful. Ancient Egypt broke its duck at Beverley in late July 2025, then stepped up to win a Class 2 race at Goodwood on 24 August — one of the top races in Britain, run at one of the most prestigious and technically demanding tracks in the country. That Goodwood win is the detail that catches the eye. It is one thing to win on a midweek card, quite another to land a top-level race at a track where horses need to handle a famously unusual downhill camber. Ancient Egypt handled it.

The most recent form reads 1-7-1-1 — three wins bookending a seventh-place finish that sticks out like a misprint. That blip aside, this horse has been virtually unbeatable, and the sequence ended with a win at Newmarket just this week, which suggests whatever went wrong that day has been firmly put behind it. Newmarket is the home of British flat racing, a wide, unforgiving track that rewards genuine quality and gives nowhere to hide. Winning there matters.

Behind all of this is Charlie Johnston, training out of Middleham Moor in North Yorkshire. His yard has sent out 128 winners already this season — a volume that speaks to a serious, well-run operation with horses in form across the board. Johnston is not a trainer who stumbles into results; he manages horses with intention. The fact that Ancient Egypt is already winning Class 2 races as a three-year-old, with a stable this productive behind it, suggests the ceiling here may not have been reached yet.