Ash Wednesday

The last 16 months tell a harder story. Ash Wednesday's last win came at Southwell back in April 2025, and since then it has been a long stretch without a victory. Six races in succession without a win is the kind of drought that tests a horse's the yard, though the form is not entirely barren—there have been placings mixed in, including a second place not so long ago. The recent outing a day ago resulted in a 12th-place finish, which suggests the horse is still racing but struggling to find the spark that made those Wolverhampton victories possible.

What is interesting is the partnership with jockey Jack Mitchell, who has ridden Ash Wednesday to 3 wins from 8 races together, a 38% win rate that is notably higher than the horse's overall average. That kind of gap between a jockey's record on a horse and the horse's general form can mean something—either Mitchell gets the best from the animal, or he has been given the rides when conditions were favourable. Trainer Heather Main's yard at Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire, has been sending out winners this season, so the infrastructure is there. The question now is whether Ash Wednesday can find its way back to Wolverhampton and rediscover the form that once made it so dangerous on familiar ground.