Ernst Blofeld

That single win came at Kempton Park on 21 April 2025, and it remains the defining moment of the career so far. Kempton suits a certain type of horse — a tight, artificial track that rewards rhythm and consistency over raw brilliance — and Ernst Blofeld clearly took to it. The victory came over a distance of between a mile and a mile and two furlongs, a range where this horse has found its best form, winning 1 from 4 races at those trips, a 25% win rate that comfortably outperforms its overall record of 1 win from 7 races across the career.

The trainer is Hamad Al Jehani, whose Newmarket yard has sent out 18 winners already this season — a healthy return that suggests a well-run operation with horses capable of winning races. Newmarket is the centre of British flat racing, home to some of the most competitive trainers in the sport, so 18 winners in a season is no small achievement. That Ernst Blofeld sits in this yard matters: it is not being aimed low.

The challenge is clear, though. When stepped up into Class 2 — among the better races in the British calendar — Ernst Blofeld has drawn a blank in all three attempts, losing every time. That is not a disgrace; these are competitive fields. But it does suggest the horse is still finding its level, and the recent form figures tell a slightly uneven story: after the Kempton win, subsequent runs have produced a third, a fourth, a fifteenth, a fourteenth, and another fourth. The drop to fifteenth and fourteenth in back-to-back races is the kind of wobble that makes you wonder whether that April win represented a peak or simply a work in progress.

At four years old, there is still time. Horses often take a while to settle into what they are genuinely good at, and a trainer with a productive season behind them will have a decent sense of where to place this one next. The Kempton form is real. Whether Ernst Blofeld can repeat it is the interesting question.