Cawthorne Cracker

The yard behind it is worth noting. Trained by Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero out of Oldcastle in Cheshire, Cawthorne Cracker is part of an operation that has sent out 43 winners already this season — a team that clearly knows how to get horses to the track in winning form. The most important relationship in the horse's career, though, has been with jockey Toby Wynne. In 11 races together, Wynne has been on board for all 3 wins — a win rate of 27%, or winning more than 1 in every 4 rides. That is a striking number and suggests the partnership genuinely suits the horse.

The first win came at Exeter in October 2023, and the most recent at Sedgefield in October 2024 — now 20 months ago. Since that Sedgefield success, Cawthorne Cracker has gone 6 races without winning, with its last 6 results reading 5-3-5-–-2-5. There is a second place in that run, which shows the ability is still there, but converting that into a victory has so far proved elusive. Horses can go through patches like this for all sorts of reasons — finding slightly stronger fields, just getting beaten on the day — and there is nothing here to suggest the horse has fallen away.

What makes this profile interesting is timing: Cawthorne Cracker raced just yesterday, meaning whatever comes next is imminent. With a yard in good form, a jockey who has a proven record with this horse, and the ability clearly still present, the next win may not be far away.