Manhattan Chute

That one career win came at Lingfield Park on 21 January 2026, and it remains the defining moment of Manhattan Chute's racing life so far. Lingfield is an all-weather track in Surrey that runs year-round, and it suits a particular type of horse — one who handles a tight, turning course and an artificial surface well. Whether Manhattan Chute is genuinely a Lingfield specialist or simply found the right race on the right day, it's the only time this horse has managed to get its head in front.

Recent form tells a slightly mixed story. The last six runs read 11-–-9-8-1-7, which shows that victory sandwiched between a string of mid-field finishes, and a gap in the sequence where the horse didn't finish. It's not the form of a horse building momentum, but Manhattan Chute raced just one day ago, so the team at Lewes are clearly keeping this horse busy and believing there's another performance worth chasing.

That yard is trained by Jim and Suzi Best, a husband-and-wife operation based in East Sussex. With 13 winners on the board this season, the Best stable is in decent form — they're finding winners regularly, which means Manhattan Chute is in capable hands even if this particular horse has been tricky to win with. Sometimes a yard's job is simply to place a horse patiently until the right opportunity comes along, and with 19 races already behind this four-year-old, that patience has already been tested considerably. The question now is whether Lingfield on a January afternoon turns out to be a one-off highlight, or the moment that unlocked something.