Freddy Robinson

Across 43 races, Freddy Robinson has won 4 times — roughly 1 in every 11 outings — and placed a further 23 times. A 9% win rate is modest, but 23 places tells you this is a horse that competes honestly and finishes races. He is not a star, but he is consistent enough to keep turning up. What is striking is where he performs best: on wet or muddy ground, he has won 2 of just 5 races — that is 40%, a figure that transforms him from a reliable plodder into something genuinely dangerous when conditions suit. Even on slightly soft ground, he wins 2 from 13, or 15%. The message is clear — if it has been raining, pay attention.

His biggest day came at Musselburgh on 5 December 2022, when he won a Class 2 race — one of the top races in Britain — which also happened to be his first career win. Opening your account at that level is unusual, and it suggests there has always been ability in there somewhere. Ellison himself has noted that Freddy Robinson did not find his feet on the Flat, but took to jumping, and his recent run of form backs that up: in his last six races he has finished 7th, 1st, 6th, 4th, 2nd, and 2nd — the most recent of those a win at Market Rasen in December 2025, just five months ago.

One puzzle the numbers throw up is his record at Class 5, the bread-and-butter level where he competes most often: 0 wins from 14 races. Zero. A horse capable of winning a Class 2 has never once won at the lowest end of the scale — which suggests he either needs conditions to be exactly right, or that he is simply the kind of horse who saves something for the big days and switches off in ordinary company. His regular jockey, Ben Robinson — no relation revealed, though the name is a coincidence worth noting — has won just 1 of their 18 races together. When the ground comes up wet and the distance stretches beyond two miles, though, this is a horse worth watching very carefully.