Jupiter Des Mottes

The recent form tells an interesting story. Cast your eye over the last six runs — a win, a win, a blank, then a ninth, a sixth, and a second — and you can see a horse that went through a quieter spell before snapping back to its very best. Those back-to-back wins are the part worth focusing on. The most recent of them came at Perth just this week, on 24 April 2026, which means Jupiter Des Mottes is not some fading story — this is a horse operating at the top of its game right now, today.

The first career win came at Wetherby in March 2024, which gives you a sense of a horse that has been quietly building its reputation over a couple of years. It is now trained by Nicky Richards at Greystoke in Cumbria, one of the most respected yards in the north of England. Richards has sent out 39 winners already this season — that is the output of a stable firing on all cylinders — and Jupiter Des Mottes looks every inch a horse that is benefiting from that momentum. When a trainer is in that kind of form, confidence runs through the whole operation, and horses tend to run to their best.

Two wins from the last six races — one in three at that clip — combined with a win just days ago makes this one of the more interesting horses in training at the moment. It is consistent enough to place almost everywhere it goes, sharp enough to win when conditions suit, and it is backed by a yard that clearly knows what it is doing. Worth keeping a very close eye on whatever comes next.