Mr Swivell

He's trained by Kevin Philippart De Foy out of Newmarket, a yard that has hit 40 winners already this season — that's a serious operation, and horses trained there tend to be placed in races where they have a genuine chance. Mr Swivell's first career win came at Newmarket on 16 August 2024, on his home turf, which is always a nice story. His most recent win came at Wolverhampton on 31 July 2025, and with a race just yesterday, he's clearly in a busy spell right now.

The partnership with jockey Ray Dawson is worth noting. In seven races together, they've won two — that's 2 from 7, or just under 1 in every 3 rides. That's a meaningful connection, and when Dawson is booked, it tends to suggest the team fancies their chances.

Ground conditions matter here. On normal ground, Mr Swivell has won 2 from 5 races — 40%, or nearly 2 in every 5 starts. That's the version of this horse you want to see. When the ground suits him, he's competitive in a way the raw career numbers don't fully capture.

His recent form — a seventh, then second, then a win, then eighth, then first, then second reading back from his latest run — shows a horse that blows hot and cold, but one that clearly still has winning in him. The last six runs contain two wins and two seconds. For a horse racing at Class 4 level, where competition is solid without being elite, that's exactly the profile of a horse worth following when conditions fall right.