One Of Our Own

The most striking number in its record is what happens at Catterick Bridge: 3 wins from just 8 races there. That is almost 1 in every 3 races at that track ending in a winner's enclosure visit, which is the kind of ratio that makes trainers plan their season around a venue. Catterick is a tight, turning track in North Yorkshire that suits certain horses far more than others, and One Of Our Own is clearly one of them. Add to that a win at Redcar just last week — its first track as a winner back in August 2023 — and you start to see a horse that saves its best for familiar northern stomping grounds.

Ground conditions matter enormously to this horse. On fast, dry ground, it has won 5 of its 16 races — nearly 1 in 3 — whereas on other surfaces that conversion drops sharply. That is not a coincidence; it is a pattern, and one that trainer Rebecca Menzies, based in Morden, Durham, will be reading closely when planning where to run next. Menzies has had 36 winners this season already, so this is clearly a busy, well-organised yard, and One Of Our Own fits the profile of a horse that repays careful placing.

Most of its wins — five of the six — have come in Class 6 races, which sit at the lower end of the racing ladder, but there is no shame in that. Knowing your level and winning at it consistently is exactly what keeps a horse in training and earning. Jockey Kaiya Fraser has been a key part of the partnership, winning 3 of their 13 races together — roughly 1 in every 4 rides — a win rate that comfortably outstrips the horse's career average. With recent form reading a win followed by three fourth-place finishes and another third, this is a horse in the thick of things and clearly going well right now.