Parlando

Parlando's best moment came on 15 August 2024 at Windsor, where a win in a Class 2 race — one of the top contests in British racing — announced that this was no ordinary performer. To put that in context, winning 1 from 10 races at Class 2 level (a 10% win rate) might sound modest, but it means the horse is consistently taking on the best and occasionally beating them. Plenty of horses never get near that grade. The journey started at Leicester on 12 October 2021, when Parlando won for the first time, and the horse has been a fixture at the better end of the sport ever since.

The recent form makes for genuinely exciting reading. In the last six races, Parlando has finished 1-1-2-3-3-6, meaning two wins and a cluster of close finishes. Winning 2 of those 6 races is exactly the kind of purple patch that suggests a horse in top condition right now. The most recent victory came on 26 December 2025 at Wolverhampton — four months ago — and with a race just yesterday, the team clearly believe there is more to come. Ian Williams, who trains Parlando from his yard in Alvechurch, Worcestershire, is enjoying a productive season — 91 winners already sent out, which is the output of a yard firing on all cylinders. When a trainer is in that kind of form, even established horses tend to benefit from the confidence and sharpness running through the whole operation.

At seven years old, Parlando is in the prime of a racehorse's career — experienced enough to know the job, still young enough to keep improving. A horse that has won at Class 2, is currently in form, and ran just yesterday is one worth keeping a close eye on.