Eupator

Both victories have come at Wolverhampton, where he has now won 2 of his 5 races there — a 40% win rate at a single track is the kind of number that makes trainers sit up. He scored first on 23 January 2026, then returned just three days later and did it again on 26 January, winning by five lengths. That kind of quick turnaround, bouncing out of one race and firing straight back into another, suggests a horse in unusually good form at exactly the right moment. Richard Hannon's yard — one of the busiest in Britain, having sent out 115 winners already this season — clearly spotted the opportunity and moved fast.

Hannon himself has been candid about the journey. He admitted Eupator was keen and disappointing on his seasonal return at Yarmouth, but he remains firmly convinced the horse has more to offer than his record shows. The post-Wolverhampton comments were telling: the team had been deliberately experimenting with trip, and believe a mile and a quarter is where Eupator is at his sharpest. The numbers back that up — 2 wins from 7 races at a mile and one or two furlongs, compared to nothing over shorter or longer trips. On normal ground he wins roughly 1 in every 5 races, which is a meaningful edge over his overall record.

His most regular partner, Sean Levey, has been aboard for 8 of his races and shares those 2 wins — a 25% win rate together that stands well above the horse's career average. That kind of consistency between horse and rider often matters more than it gets credit for. Eupator races again today, having run just yesterday, which tells you everything about how confident his team feel right now. Whether he can do it a third time at the same track, off a higher mark after his penalty, is the question — but he is clearly a horse who knows where home is.