Glory And Honour

What makes this horse genuinely interesting is how well he suits specific conditions. On wet or muddy ground, he has won 3 times from 11 races — that's 27%, or better than 1 in 4 — which is a serious edge when the forecast is bleak. On normal ground the picture is even sharper: 2 wins from just 5 races, a 40% hit rate. Distance matters too. Over 1 mile 6 furlongs to 2 miles, he has won 4 from 13 races (31%), and his trainer is clear on why: the horse simply doesn't stay much further. A run in the Durham National at Sedgefield was tried and shelved. Everything that's worked has come over the shorter end of that range.

Jonathan England rides him most often — 4 wins from 28 races together — and the jockey's words after a win at Newcastle tell you something important about how this horse needs to be ridden. He's a strong traveller, the kind of horse that cruises through a race but doesn't always find what you expect when it matters. A strong pace suits him perfectly, letting him do what he does naturally rather than having to produce an effort from cold.

He typically competes at Class 3, one step below the very top tier, and has won just 1 from 17 at that level — roughly 1 in every 17 races. His last win came at Hexham in June 2025, when first-time blinkers helped sharpen him up over a chase. He hasn't won in his last six races, with form reading 5-5-6-3-2-7 going back, though a second place recently suggests the spark hasn't gone entirely. Raced just one day ago, he is very much still active. For a ten-year-old who has mixed flat and jumping throughout a long career, that kind of durability is something in itself.