Eyed

Hughie Morrison trains Eyed out of East Ilsley in Berkshire, a yard that has been in decent form this season with 20 winners already on the board. Most of Eyed's best work has come when Jonathan Burke is in the saddle — the pair have won 2 of their 7 races together, a win rate of roughly 1 in 3, which is a notably strong return and suggests the combination suits the horse well.

The conditions matter significantly with Eyed. On slightly wet, soft ground, the record reads 3 wins from 13 races — that is 23%, or nearly 1 in every 4 runs, which comfortably outperforms the overall career average. Find Eyed on the right ground and the horse becomes a more serious proposition. At Class 4 level — a solid mid-tier grade, not the very top races but competitive enough — the record is even better: 3 wins from 9 races, or 1 in 3. That suggests Morrison has found the level where this horse genuinely belongs and can be competitive.

The most recent win came at Kempton Park in February 2025, which is now 14 months ago and the gap is starting to become a talking point. Eyed has gone six races without winning since, and recent form figures of 7-5-7 in the last three completed runs are not especially inspiring. Two of those six runs also show dashes, meaning they were either pulled up or did not finish, which adds a note of caution. The horse raced just yesterday, so it is clearly still active and in training — but it does arrive at this point in its career still searching for that next win.

At nine years old, Eyed is not a horse with a decade of racing ahead of it, which makes every good run feel a little more precious. Whether a return to soft ground and a Class 4 opportunity can coax that fifth career win out remains to be seen.