Item

What makes Item's record even more striking is its dominance at York. In three races at the track, it has won all three — an extraordinary perfect record that suggests the horse finds something special about the Yorkshire course. It won there most recently this week, on 19 August, cementing itself as a genuine force wherever Andrew Balding decides to run it next. Balding, training from Kingsclere in Hampshire, has built a formidable operation this season with 202 winners to his name, and Item has become one of his standout prospects. At just three years old, with so much racing still to come, this is a horse that looks set for a big future — always assuming it can maintain this extraordinary momentum.