Dirty Den

Trained by Syd Hosie out of Sherborne in Dorset, Dirty Den is part of a yard that has sent out 8 winners this season — a decent return for a smaller operation. Most of those races have come at Class 4 level, which is the bread-and-butter grade where most horses spend their careers, neither at the glamorous top end nor in the entry-level contests. At that level, Dirty Den has won 2 from 13, or roughly 1 in every 6 — a perfectly respectable record that suggests the horse belongs there rather than being over- or under-placed.

The regular partnership with jockey Callum Pritchard tells an interesting story. In 7 races together, they've won once — a 14% win rate, or about 1 in every 5, which is actually above the horse's overall average. That's a meaningful detail: when Pritchard is in the saddle, Dirty Den tends to run better than usual, which is exactly the kind of combination a trainer wants to keep coming back to.

The most recent win came at Plumpton on 9 February 2026, around two months ago — and with the horse having raced just yesterday, Dirty Den is clearly in a busy spell. The current form reads 3-6-–-1-3-8 (most recent first), which shows a real mix: a win, a couple of thirds, a non-completion, and a pair of more disappointing efforts. That kind of up-and-down form is typical of horses at this level, where the margins are fine and the competition shifts race to race. The first win came at Huntingdon back in November 2023, so this is a horse that has been around long enough to know the job — and occasionally, to do it very well.