Getaway Vic

Bowen himself has had a productive season, sending out 51 winners, which tells you this is not a small operation running on hope. When a trainer of that output singles out a horse as one that "should end up being a nice horse," it carries some weight. The plan, as Bowen has outlined it, is straightforward: give Getaway Vic another run or two at the level he has been competing at before stepping him up to jump over hurdles. That is the path that suits a horse who is still learning but winning more often than not.

The record itself tells a tidy story. Getaway Vic has raced four times, won twice, and finished in the top three on the other two occasions — meaning he has never finished out of the places. His first win came at Worcester in June 2024, and his most recent at Hereford in April 2025. Both are tracks that suit a horse still developing, and at Class 5 level — the entry point for most racing in Britain — he has won two of his three races at that grade. That is a win rate of 67%, or roughly two in every three attempts, which is an unusually tidy return.

What is perhaps most telling is how consistent the recent form looks. His last four results, reading from most recent to oldest, read 4-1-2-1. Two wins bookending two placed efforts. He is not a horse that blows hot and cold — he turns up, he competes, and more often than not he finishes where it matters. Whether that consistency holds once he graduates to hurdle races is the next big question, but on the evidence so far, Getaway Vic looks like a horse with a few more good days ahead of him.