Prince Ali

What makes Prince Ali genuinely interesting is his relationship with Wolverhampton. All four of his career wins have come at that track, and he has run there 28 times in total — suggesting Thomas Faulkner's yard knows exactly where this horse is happiest and keeps coming back. Wolverhampton is an all-weather, floodlit circuit, and some horses simply click with its sharp, turning nature. Prince Ali is clearly one of them. His most recent win came there on 12 March 2025, so it has been about 13 months since he last reached the winner's enclosure, but the pattern is consistent enough that every Wolverhampton run he takes deserves a second look.

Miss Zoe Lewis has been the jockey most often associated with Prince Ali, riding him 13 times and winning on 2 of those occasions — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 6 rides together. That is actually a touch better than his overall average, and the familiarity between horse and rider in a long-running partnership is rarely a coincidence. Faulkner's yard has been in decent form this season, sending out 16 winners, which suggests the team around Prince Ali knows what it is doing.

Recent form, however, is a concern. His last six runs have produced finishes of 11th, 9th, 7th, 8th, 7th, and 3rd — reading from oldest to most recent, that 3rd place is at least a sign of life. He raced just a day ago, so he is clearly in an active campaign. Whether the yard is hunting the right opportunity to get him back in the winner's enclosure remains to be seen, but if that opportunity comes at Wolverhampton over a longer trip — his best performances tend to come between a mile and six furlongs and two miles — then Prince Ali has shown enough times before that he knows exactly what to do when the conditions suit.