Catchim

The more interesting version of Catchim right now is the recent one. Look at the last six runs and you see a horse that has barely been out of the top three: second, second, fifth, a blip in the middle, third, and then — just this week — a winner at Market Rasen on 14 April 2026. That is the kind of form that makes a horse worth watching. The Market Rasen win came only days after we are writing this, meaning Catchim is as live and current as it gets.

Most of its racing has come at Class 4 level, which sits in the middle of the British racing ladder — competitive enough to separate the decent horses from the also-rans, but not yet the big occasions. At that level, Catchim has won 1 from 8, or 12% of races, which is slightly below average. The puzzle is that its most frequent jockey, Charlie Todd, has partnered the horse six times without a win. That is not necessarily a criticism of Todd — the horse has clearly been competitive throughout — but the fact that both of Catchim's career wins have come with someone else in the saddle is the kind of detail a sharp observer would notice.

First past the post at Southwell back in June 2024, and now a winner again at Market Rasen nearly two years later, Catchim is a horse that has taken its time but is very much in the thick of things. For a racing yard based in the Nottinghamshire countryside, having an eight-year-old firing like this mid-season is exactly the kind of small story that makes the sport worth following.