Cressida Wildes

Most of Cressida Wildes's racing life has been spent in Class 4 company — the bread-and-butter middle tier of the British racing calendar, where competitive races are the norm and winning is genuinely hard. The record there reads 1 win from 14 races at that level, which is tough going. But the fact that the horse has earned 3 wins overall suggests it has occasionally found the right opportunity elsewhere. The career got going properly on 16 January 2025 at Chelmsford, and the most recent win came at Wolverhampton on 16 February 2026 — about three months ago — so there is recent evidence that Cressida Wildes can still find a finish line when conditions are right.

Recent form makes for interesting reading. The last six runs show a win sandwiched between some modest efforts — a seventeenth, two fifths, another fifth, and a ninth. That kind of up-and-down pattern is not unusual for a horse at this level, but it does suggest Cressida Wildes is the sort that needs things to fall right rather than one that consistently dominates. The fact that it raced just one day ago and remains active tells you the team at McEntee's yard keep this horse busy and in work.

One curious footnote: Grace McEntee, who rides for the yard, has partnered Cressida Wildes five times without a win between them. That is not necessarily alarming — five races is a small sample — but it is the kind of stat that sticks in the mind. Phil McEntee's yard has sent out 16 winners this season, so the operation clearly knows how to get a horse to the front. Whether Cressida Wildes features among the next batch of winners from Newmarket remains to be seen, but this is a horse that has proven it can get there, even if patience is required.