Distant Storm

The bigger of those wins came on 25 September 2025, when Distant Storm won a Class 1 race at Newmarket — that's one of the top races in the country, the kind of company where only the best horses compete. Winning at that level at three years old is a serious statement. For context, Distant Storm has run three times at Class 1 level in total and won one of them, placing in at least one other. That's a record that holds up.

The horse is trained by Charlie Appleby at Newmarket, one of the most powerful operations in British racing. Appleby's yard has sent out 121 winners already this season — that's not a stable that runs horses to make up the numbers. When a horse earns its place in races for Appleby, it tends to be for good reason, and Distant Storm has clearly earned its spot. Racing out of the same town where it wins most of its races is a neat detail — Newmarket is both home base and happy hunting ground.

With recent form reading 3-3-1-3-1 — that's two wins sandwiched around a couple of third-place finishes — Distant Storm is consistent without being flashy. It doesn't always win, but it's rarely far away. The horse raced just one day ago, so it's very much in the thick of its season right now. Whether it can win again at the top level is the interesting question, but a three-year-old with a Class 1 win already on its record, trained by one of the best yards in the country, is absolutely worth paying attention to.