Comic Strip

The most striking number in Comic Strip's record is what happens at Class 4 level — one step below the top tier, but still a decent standard of racing. There, this horse has won 2 of its 3 races, a two-in-three success rate that suggests it is very much at home competing at that grade. When a horse wins that frequently at a specific level, it tells you the trainer has found exactly the right races to aim at, and that the horse responds when the conditions suit.

That trainer is Simon & Ed Crisford, based in Newmarket — the heartland of British racing. The yard has sent out 84 winners this season alone, which puts them firmly among the busier and more successful operations in the country. A yard producing that volume of winners is not doing so by accident; they know how to place horses in races they can win, and Comic Strip's record looks like a product of exactly that kind of careful management.

The recent form reads 7-3-2-1-1-4 going back through the last six races, with the most recent result on the left. Those back-to-back wins — positions one and one — tell the most interesting part of the story. Comic Strip opened its account at Southwell in October 2025, then followed up with another win at Wolverhampton in December. Two different tracks, two wins in quick succession, from a horse that had needed a few runs to get there. The seventh-place finish most recently is worth noting — that came just a day ago, so the yard will be digesting that run — but it would be a mistake to read too much into one disappointing result from a horse that has shown a clear ability to win.

For a three-year-old still developing, a career that already includes two wins and a place in half its races is a genuinely encouraging foundation.