Barenboim

Trained by Tom Dascombe at Upper Lambourn, Barenboim made its first breakthrough on 24 October 2022 at Newcastle and has since won most recently at Kempton Park on 7 January 2026 — seven months ago now. The layoff is telling: the horse has not won in its last six runs, though it has placed in two of them, including a second place just a day ago. That is neither a collapse nor a retirement story, but rather the reality of a veteran horse that needs the conditions to be exactly right. Barenboim performs best at around one mile three to one mile four furlongs, winning 3 of its 11 races at that distance, and it has become a Newcastle specialist with 2 wins from 5 races there. Most of its work comes at Class 4 level, where it has won 3 of 16 races. The recent dry spell suggests Barenboim is waiting for rain and the right race setup — conditions that, when they arrive, still bring it back into contention.