Emerald Breeze

That first win came at Market Rasen on 5th April 2026, and it matters more than it might look on paper. Emerald Breeze had gone five races without winning at Class 4 level — these are solid, mid-tier races, not easy pickings — before finally getting the job done. Winning roughly 1 in every 7 races overall (14%, or 1 from 7) is a modest record, but strip away the near-misses and you see a horse that is regularly competitive rather than simply making up the numbers.

The recent form string tells an interesting story too. Reading right to left — so oldest to newest — the sequence goes 4, 3, 2, 3, then a gap, then a win. That's a horse gradually climbing the results, placing more consistently, and then converting. Trainer Dominic Elsworth, based in Lowsonford, Warwickshire, has sent out one winner this season, and Emerald Breeze is it — which makes this breakthrough a meaningful moment for the yard as much as the horse.

The obvious question now is whether Market Rasen suits Emerald Breeze particularly well, and whether a return there could bring more of the same. For a horse that took seven races to open its account, confidence matters — and there's no better source of it than a winner's enclosure visit that's still fresh in the memory.