Prince Of The Seas

The overall record reads two wins and four places from ten races, which works out at wins in 2 out of every 10 races, or 20% of the time. That sounds modest until you consider the quality of those wins. The first came at Sandown Park in September 2024, and then came the Goodwood breakthrough nearly a year later. Two different tracks, two different tests — and Prince Of The Seas passed both.

Recent form tells a messier story. Reading the last six races from most recent backwards — 8, 5, 8, 1, 3, 10 — you can see that a brilliant win in the middle of that sequence sits between some disappointing finishes. That is not unusual for a horse operating at a high level; the competition is fierce, and good horses can look average on the wrong day. What matters is that when the pieces fall into place, Prince Of The Seas can beat serious rivals.

In the saddle most often is Hector Crouch, who has ridden the horse in 6 of its 10 races and been on board for 1 win — roughly a 1-in-6 success rate together. The trainer is David O'Meara, whose yard at Upper Helmsley in North Yorkshire is one of the most productive in the country right now, having sent out 107 winners already this season. That is a formidable operation, and horses from that yard tend to be placed and prepared with care. Prince Of The Seas is clearly one of its more interesting members.

Raced just one day ago, this horse is bang in the middle of an active campaign. Whether it can rediscover the form that lit up Goodwood remains to be seen, but a horse with a top-level win already on its record — still only four years old — has every reason to add more.