Inothewayurthinkin

The biggest of those came on 14 March 2025, in a Class 1 race — one of the very top races in the calendar. What makes it all the more remarkable is the story behind it. According to trainer Gavin Cromwell, the horse travelled poorly, jumped awkwardly, and was so far off the pace that jockey Mark Walsh appeared close to pulling him up entirely. That this followed a tired fall at Leopardstown just weeks earlier made the performance look almost inexplicable. Sometimes horses find something they can't quite explain themselves.

Walsh is clearly the partner who gets the best out of him. In eight races together, they've won four — that's 1 in every 2, a genuinely exceptional hit rate between horse and rider. Cromwell, whose busy yard in Navan has sent out 98 winners this season, knows he has something worth nursing carefully. Speaking earlier this year, he admitted no firm plans had been made for the horse's next run, but said he believed he was still improving — cautious words from a trainer who clearly doesn't want to rush a horse that has already shown it can deliver on the biggest days.

The other thing the numbers reveal is just how much this horse loves the mud. On wet ground, he's won 2 from 5 races. On very wet and muddy ground, 2 from 4 — exactly half. The Cheltenham wins in both 2024 and 2025, plus a Class 1 victory at Aintree in April 2024, all point to a horse that saves his best for heavy weather and big occasions. The one visible puzzle remains Leopardstown — a race where his team had no clear explanation for a flat effort that left him beaten before conditions even became a factor.

For now, Inothewayurthinkin is still active and, by his trainer's own account, still developing. A horse with two Cheltenham wins from three visits, who apparently ran his best race of his life after what looked like a near-pull-up, is not one you dismiss lightly.