Auld Toon Loon

The seven-year-old has built a record of 4 wins and 9 places from 24 races, winning roughly 1 in every 6 outings across its career. That might not sound like a world-beater, but context matters: this is a horse that has found its level and performs consistently within it. Most of its wins — 3 of the 4 — have come at Class 4, winning a third of its races at that level, which is a very healthy return. And then, in August 2025, it went and won a Class 2 race at Windsor — one of the top tiers of racing in Britain. That is the equivalent of a solid club-level performer suddenly turning up and beating the county champions. It only has to do it once to change the conversation about what the horse is actually capable of.

Trained by Tom Dascombe at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, Auld Toon Loon operates out of a yard that has sent out 22 winners already this season — a team in form. Jockey Pierre-Louis Jamin rides it most often, with 1 win from their 6 races together (17%), which mirrors the horse's overall career win rate almost exactly. The partnership is steady rather than spectacular, but there is clearly an understanding there.

The sweet spot for this horse is a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs to 1 mile 4 furlongs, where it has won 4 of 15 races (27%) — a noticeably better return than its overall record suggests. Give it that distance, and the numbers tilt meaningfully in its favour. Recent form shows a mixed picture — an 8th and a 1st in the last six runs — but with the Windsor Class 2 win still sitting at the top of the CV and the horse racing just yesterday, Auld Toon Loon is very much an active and competitive force.