Atherstone Warrior

The form figures tell an interesting story. Reading the last six races from most recent to oldest — 2, 3, 1, 1, 4, 10 — you can see a horse that was well off the pace ten runs ago, then found its stride in spectacular fashion with back-to-back wins, and has stayed competitive ever since. Two wins from those last six races is a strong return and suggests this is a horse in form, not one living on past glories.

One detail stands out sharply: Atherstone Warrior loves wet, muddy ground. Two wins from just three races in those conditions is a 67% success rate — winning two out of every three times. That is not a coincidence; that is a genuine preference. Trainers and enthusiasts watch the weather forecast with horses like this in mind. When the skies open and the ground gets soft, Atherstone Warrior becomes a very different proposition.

The one honest challenge is stepping up in class. At the top end of British racing — Class 2, meaning genuinely elite company — the record reads zero wins from four attempts. That is not a disgrace; it means the horse is regularly being entered in serious races, just not quite winning them yet. Whether that changes is one of the more interesting questions hanging over its season.

The operation behind Atherstone Warrior is Gary and Josh Moore, a father-and-son training partnership based in Lower Beeding in West Sussex. A yard that has sent out 94 winners this season is not a small operation running on hope — that is a professional set-up with real momentum behind it. The first win came at Thirsk in April 2024, and the most recent at Newbury in October 2025. With the horse still active and in form, there is every reason to think the next chapter is still being written.