Our Dagger

His most recent form is mixed and tells the story of a horse treading water. In his last six runs, he has had just one win, a seventh-place finish, and a series of mid-field efforts. That sole victory came at Kempton Park on 12 February 2025, but that was nearly 18 months ago now, and with his last race just a day old, Our Dagger is still out there competing, still hunting for a second win at the top of his range. He made his breakthrough at Ffos Las in August 2024 and has been racing consistently ever since under the guidance of trainer Adrian Wintle, based at Westbury-On-Severn in Gloucestershire.

Wintle's yard has sent out 30 winners this season, so Our Dagger is part of an operation that clearly knows how to find winners. But for Our Dagger himself, the formula is straightforward: put him in a Class 6 race and he is close to a certainty, but ask him to step up and he struggles to deliver. At five years old, with a long career behind him, he has found his level. The question now is whether he can string together enough victories at Class 6 to justify his place in the yard, or whether his racing days are quietly drawing to a close.