Justcallmepete

The numbers that really stand out are around Chelmsford, an all-weather track in Essex that races year-round under floodlights. Justcallmepete has won 3 of his 9 races there — that is 1 in every 3, which in racing terms borders on dominance. Most horses are happy to win anywhere; having a specific venue where you consistently deliver is something else entirely. His first career win came at Southwell in March 2022, and since then he has quietly built a record that rewards anyone paying attention.

He does his best work on normal ground — not too soft, not too firm — and on those surfaces he has won 8 of 30 races, or roughly 1 in every 4. That is a meaningfully better record than his overall average, and it tells you something about how the team at Tony Carroll's yard in Worcestershire will be thinking when they plan his entries. Carroll himself has had a remarkable season, sending out 134 winners — a number that speaks to a yard operating at full tilt.

The man in the saddle for most of this is Dougie Costello, who has partnered Justcallmepete in 41 of his 62 races and won 9 of them together — a win rate of just over 1 in every 5. That kind of long-running partnership matters in racing. A jockey who has been on a horse dozens of times knows exactly how it travels, when to ask, and when to wait. The fact that Costello keeps coming back, and keeps winning, suggests the relationship is working for both of them. With the horse still active and clearly in decent nick, there is every reason to think this story has more chapters yet.