Dollar Collar

The two wins are separated by over a year, which gives you a sense of the horse's pace through life. The first came at Hexham in March 2024, and the second at Kelso in April 2025 — both tracks in the north of Britain, which fits neatly with where Dollar Collar is stabled. The yard is run by Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore out of Milnathort in Perth and Kinross, and they have been in strong form this season, sending out 49 winners — a yard clearly operating with confidence.

Patrick Wadge has been the regular jockey, riding Dollar Collar in 7 of its 15 races and winning once together — again, roughly 1 in 7. It is a working partnership rather than a spectacular one, but there is familiarity there, which counts for something.

The recent form makes more sobering reading. Dollar Collar has not won in its last 6 races, and the figures — a third, a sixth, and three unplaced runs — suggest a horse that is finding things a little harder right now than it did when it landed that Kelso win 13 months ago. That said, the horse raced just yesterday and is very much active, so the team clearly still believes there is a race to be won. At 8 years old, horses often know their job inside out — the question is whether the right opportunity comes along to show it.