Autumn Twist

The best version of Autumn Twist shows up on normal ground. On those conditions, it has won 3 of 8 races — a 38% win rate, which is genuinely impressive and means it wins more than 1 in every 3 races when the track is neither too soft nor too firm. That kind of preference is worth knowing, because it means the weather and the draw can do as much work as the horse itself. Its most productive distance is around a mile and a quarter, where it has won 1 from 3 races, suggesting there is a right setting for this horse to hit its peak.

The partnership with jockey Daniel King has been one of the more productive relationships in Autumn Twist's career. Together they have won 2 of their 8 races — 1 in every 4 — which is a meaningful strike in a sport where horse and rider combinations can take time to click. That rapport matters, and it is the kind of consistency that trainers look to build on.

Autumn Twist is trained by Denis Gerard Hogan, whose yard in Cloughjordan, County Tipperary has sent out 56 winners already this season — a team clearly in form. The horse's last win came at Bellewstown on 5 July 2025, and its first career win arrived at Killarney in May of the same year, meaning both victories were packed into a short, productive window. Since then, the last 6 races have brought a best finish of third, with two pulls suggesting the horse hasn't always been at its sharpest. Still, it raced just yesterday, which means it remains active and in the mix. Whether that Bellewstown form can be rediscovered is the question Hogan's team will be working to answer.