Monks Mead

Lingfield Park is where Monks Mead genuinely comes alive. Two wins from 11 races at that track — nearly 1 in every 5 — is a meaningful pattern, not a coincidence. The first came on 26 July 2023, and the most recent just two months ago, on 21 January 2026. For context, horses often find certain tracks suit them because of the shape of the circuit, the camber of the bends, or the type of ground it tends to ride on. Whatever it is about Lingfield, Monks Mead keeps going back there and keeps delivering.

Distance matters too. At a mile and three furlongs to a mile and four, this horse has won 1 from 5 races — 20%, or about 1 in every 5 — which is a noticeably better return than its overall record. It suggests there is a proper engine in there; it simply needs the right stage to show it.

The yard behind Monks Mead is Mark Usher's operation out of Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, and it has been a productive season — 15 winners sent out so far this campaign, which is a solid tally for a training yard at this level. Regular jockey George Bass has partnered the horse 13 times, winning once together. That is the same 1-in-12 rate as the overall career record, so nothing lost, nothing found in the partnership — just consistent, workmanlike collaboration.

Recent form reads 2, dash, 4, 2, 1, 5 — that middle dash meaning a run where Monks Mead was unplaced, surrounded by a string of placed and winning efforts. Having raced just four days ago, this is a horse in active training and clearly being kept busy. It competes mostly at Class 6, which is the entry level of British racing, and it competes honestly at that level. Three wins and 17 places from 36 races tells you this is a horse that rarely embarrasses itself — it just needs Lingfield, the right trip, and a clear day.