Better Days Ahead

Across 17 races, Better Days Ahead has won 5 times and finished in the places on 12 more occasions — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 3.5 races, which is genuinely impressive at this level. What stands out is how the conditions affect this horse. On heavy, waterlogged ground, the record reads 2 wins from 4 races — that's winning half the time, a remarkable conversion rate that tells you the wetter and murkier the day, the more interested this horse becomes.

The career highlight came at Cheltenham in March 2024, winning a Class 2 race — one of the top races in Britain — on the most famous jumps course in the world. That is not a small thing. Plenty of horses go through their entire careers without setting foot at Cheltenham, let alone winning there. Better Days Ahead has a particular affinity for Fairyhouse too, winning 2 from 4 races at the Irish track, where the career first began with a debut victory back in December 2022. Finding a track you love and then keeping on winning there is a sign of a horse that knows its job.

Jack Kennedy, one of Ireland's leading jockeys, has ridden Better Days Ahead five times and won on two of them — a 40% win rate together, which suggests a genuine partnership worth noting. The most recent win came at Navan in February 2025, and with the horse still active — having raced just yesterday — Better Days Ahead clearly still has plenty to say. Recent form of a win, a third, and two seconds in the last four runs shows a horse in very good health. On the right day, with rain in the forecast and Elliott's team plotting the next move, more wins look likely.