What makes the recent form particularly compelling is the direction of travel. Cast your eye back across the last six races and the picture is striking: two wins in the last two outings, after a spell that included a 20th-place finish not so long ago. That kind of turnaround doesn't happen by accident. Something has clicked — whether that's experience accumulating, a trainer finding the right conditions, or simply a young horse maturing into itself.
Speaking of the trainer, Richard Hannon is no small operation. Based at Herridge in Wiltshire, his yard has sent out 115 winners already this season — a volume that speaks to a stable firing on all cylinders. When a horse from a yard that busy starts winning back-to-back races, it tends to mean the team have figured something out.
The ground conditions tell their own story too. On normal ground, Magician Of Riga has won 2 of its 4 races — a 50% win rate that is extraordinary by any measure. Half the time it runs on a standard surface, it wins. That kind of consistency on a specific type of ground is the sort of thing that makes race planners and keen observers take serious notice.
Those two wins have come at Wolverhampton in early April and then Southwell just this week, at the end of April 2026. Two different tracks, both victories, in the space of less than a month — this is a horse that is racing with real momentum right now. Whatever Magician Of Riga is doing, it seems to be working, and the most interesting question is simply how far this young horse can go from here.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
3 | 1 win, 1 third, 1 other | 6 Apr | 33.3% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 30 Jul | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 win | 29 Apr | 100% |
| York Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 21 Aug | 0% |