Elarak

The headline number is hard to argue with: 3 wins from 8 races, a win rate of roughly 38%, or just over 1 in every 3 outings. For context, most racehorses win far less often than that. But what gives those numbers extra weight is where those wins have come. Elarak has run at Newmarket six times and won twice — including a Class 2 victory there on 27 September 2025. Class 2 races are among the top tier of British racing, meaning Elarak isn't picking up easy wins against weak fields. This is a horse competing at a serious level and holding its own.

The Newmarket connection is worth dwelling on. Six runs at the same track and two wins tells you this horse has genuinely figured something out there — whether it's the wide, sweeping straight, the fast ground that suits a certain kind of runner, or simply that the trip and competition tend to fall in its favour. Trainers and punters alike pay close attention when a horse keeps coming back to a venue and keeps performing.

Elarak is trained by Charles Hills at Lambourn in Berkshire, one of the most famous racing villages in England. Hills has had 29 winners from his yard this season alone, which tells you this is a well-run operation that knows how to prepare a horse. Recent form reads 4-4-1-6-7-1 going back through the last six races, with the most recent result first — two wins bookending a mixed spell in the middle, which suggests Elarak can find its level quickly after a dip.

With a first career win at Lingfield Park in May 2025 and a top-level success at Newmarket by late September, the horse has shown it can step up across the season. Still only four, there is plenty of racing ahead — and with a win rate like this and a clear affinity for Newmarket, Elarak is exactly the kind of horse that rewards following closely.