The four-year-old is trained by John Butler at Newmarket, a yard that has been in fine form this season with 27 winners on the board. Joseph opened his account at Lingfield back in February 2026 and has just gone back there and done it again at the end of April — suggesting this is no fluke. Something about that track suits him, whether it is the layout, the surface, or simply the conditions that tend to come up there.
What sharpens the picture further is the distance. At a mile and three to a mile and four furlongs, Joseph has won 2 of his 5 races — 40%, which means he wins 2 in every 5 at that trip. That is an extraordinary conversion rate for a horse whose overall record reads just 2 from 20. Put simply, get him to Lingfield at the right distance and you have a very different animal on your hands.
Recent form backs this up. In his last six races he has won twice and placed twice, which is a genuinely competitive return. The catch is that his bread-and-butter level — Class 5, the races he contests most often — has produced zero wins from nine attempts. That is not a misprint. He has never won at that level, yet somehow has two wins on his card. The explanation is almost certainly Lingfield: a course where, for reasons that are hard to fully explain but impossible to ignore, Joseph simply gets the job done.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Galloping |
6 | 3 seconds, 3 other | 20 Jan | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
4 | 1 third, 3 other | 6 Apr | 0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
3 | 2 wins, 1 other | 28 Apr | 66.7% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 22 Dec | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 | 1 second, 1 other | 18 Mar | 0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 18 Sep | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 18 Apr | 0% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 10 Aug | 0% |