Five Ways

The story so far is short but punchy. A first career win at Salisbury in August 2025 laid the foundation, and then just weeks later came the Kempton Class 1 — a significant step up in quality that Five Ways handled without blinking. The recent form figures of 7-4-1-1-4 show a horse that has had a couple of less impressive outings sandwiched around those wins, which is not unusual for a young horse still learning the job, but the peaks are genuinely high.

Behind this horse is Andrew Balding, one of the most productive trainers in Britain right now. His yard at Kingsclere in Hampshire has sent out 202 winners this season alone — that is the output of an operation running at full tilt, with the staff, expertise, and horses to compete at every level. When a yard like that points a three-year-old at a Class 1 and it wins, you pay attention. Five Ways raced just one day ago, so whatever comes next is already in motion.