Pearly Squirrel

The first win arrived at Doncaster in July 2025, and the second followed at Wolverhampton in March 2026 — two months ago now, which means Pearly Squirrel heads into its current campaign with relatively recent winning form to draw on. That Wolverhampton success is worth noting because it is exactly the kind of track — all-weather, tight and turning — where consistent, unfussy horses can thrive. The recent form reading 3-12-3-3-1-5 tells you this is a horse living in and around the top three fairly regularly, with that wide margin run the obvious blip in an otherwise tidy sequence.

Pearly Squirrel typically competes at Class 5, which is the bread-and-butter level of British racing — competitive enough that winning takes real ability, but not the rarefied air of the top prizes. At that level, the record reads 1 win from 11 races, or roughly 1 in every 11, which mirrors the overall career picture. Crucially, the horse raced just one day ago, so it is right in the thick of a campaign and clearly holding its form well enough to keep running.

Behind the horse is trainer David Loughnane, based at Stoke Heath in Shropshire, and the yard is having a strong season — 38 winners already this term. That kind of output suggests an operation that knows how to place its horses well and keep them in form, which bodes well for a horse like Pearly Squirrel that clearly needs things to fall right to get its head in front. With two wins now on the board, the blueprint exists. The question is whether that Wolverhampton victory was the sign of a horse finding its feet, or simply a high point in an otherwise journeyman career. The next few runs should tell us quite a lot.