Buy Some Time

Trained by R Mike Smith at Galston in East Ayrshire, Buy Some Time is part of a yard that has sent out 25 winners this season — a busy, productive operation by any measure. The horse's most trusted partner in the saddle is Ben Smith, and that combination has produced something genuinely eye-catching: 3 wins from just 5 races together, meaning they've won 60% of the time — roughly 3 in every 5 rides. That's an extraordinary hit rate for any jockey-and-horse partnership, and it suggests the two have developed a real understanding.

Across 14 races in total, Buy Some Time has won 3 times and finished in the places 7 more times — a career record that works out at roughly 1 win in every 5 races, which is respectable at this level. The horse competes mainly at Class 4, the solid middle tier of British racing, where it has won 1 of 6 races. That win rate of around 1 in 6 at this level tells you the competition is genuine and the wins have to be earned.

The form over the last six races does give pause — a run of 2-3-6-5-7-6 means no win in that stretch, with only a single placed finish of note. The most recent victory came at Punchestown back in April 2025, which is now over a year ago. At eight years old, Buy Some Time is a mature, experienced horse who has clearly shown the ability, but the question right now is whether it can rediscover that winning thread.

What keeps this profile interesting is the combination of factors: a trainer in form, a jockey partnership that clicks at an unusually high rate, and a course at Perth where this horse has repeatedly delivered. It raced just yesterday, so the legs are certainly being kept busy. Whether another win is close depends on whether those ingredients come together at the right moment — and they have done before.