Our Power

What makes Our Power genuinely interesting is the level at which those wins have come. Two of his four career victories have been in Class 1 races — the very top tier of British racing. He won at Ascot in October 2022, then followed it up at Kempton Park in February 2023, both occasions that would have had his the yard punching the air. Thomas has described him as "streetwise" — a horse who won't waste a yard of effort or win by more than he has to. That's not a flaw; that's a pro. It's a horse that knows exactly what it's doing.

On normal ground, he is a different animal entirely. In those conditions he has won 3 of his 6 races — half of them — which is a remarkable conversion rate for any horse at the top level. He clearly needs the ground to be fair rather than heavy or firm, and when he gets it, the results speak for themselves. His record in Class 1 races — 2 wins from 9 — looks modest at first glance, but winning 1 in every 4.5 races at the very highest grade is genuinely hard to do.

The shadow over all of this is that he hasn't won in his last 6 races, and his last victory was 39 months ago. A fall in the Coral Gold Cup left him sore, and Thomas has been careful to get him fully right before committing to a target. The Grand National has been ruled out — the trip was too much last year — and Cheltenham's Ultima race has been mentioned as a possible direction. His regular jockey Dylan Johnston has yet to find the winning formula together in 7 rides, which adds another layer of intrigue.

He raced just yesterday, so the story is very much still being written. For a horse of his age and class, every run feels like it could be the one where everything clicks again — and given what he's shown on his day, that's not wishful thinking.