Continuance

The numbers are solid without being flashy. Continuance has won 4 races from 22 outings — roughly 1 in every 5 or 6 — and has picked up a place on eight other occasions, meaning he has been in the first three nearly half the time overall. His best performances come at long distances, two miles and beyond, where he has won 2 from 6 races — one in every three, which is a genuinely strong record at that trip. Freddie Keighley noted after one win that he has a high cruising speed but also stays well, and that he actually comes out of hurdles faster than he goes in — a rare combination that makes him especially effective over a long slog.

His best level is Class 4 — a decent, competitive tier of racing — where he has won 3 of his 10 races at that grade, meaning roughly 1 in every 3 starts. His first career win came at Chepstow in May 2024, and his most recent at Fontwell Park in March 2025. That win is now over 14 months ago, and he hasn't won in his last six races, though his recent form reads 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th going back from his latest run — consistent enough to suggest he is not out of form, just not finding the winning thread.

Martin Keighley has been candid about the challenge: he knows the season following a horse's breakthrough year is often harder, and Continuance is finding that out. Still, Keighley's yard has sent out 19 winners this season, and the trainer believes the ability is still there. Former rider Sean Bowen, who partnered him at Sedgefield, described him as a strong stayer who jumps quickly and cleanly, and added — with what sounds like genuine relief — "we can breathe now." That kind of reaction from an experienced jockey suggests Continuance, when things click, is the sort of horse that makes people feel very good about backing him.