Quercus

His overall record reads 6 wins and 14 places from 35 races — a solid, consistent performer at Class 6, the entry level of British racing, where he has won 4 of 25 races at that grade. That is not a level where fortunes are made, but it is where a horse like this can build a genuine reputation through reliability and consistency. His career started at Catterick Bridge in June 2023, and it is striking that five of his six career wins have come at that same track. He is not a horse who travels well on paper — he is a horse who knows his patch.

The partnership with jockey Joe Fanning has been particularly fruitful. In 12 races together, Fanning has ridden Quercus to 3 wins — a win rate of 25%, or 1 in every 4 rides. That is meaningfully better than the horse's overall average, suggesting the two have developed a real understanding. For a stable that has sent out just 3 winners this season, a horse this reliable at one venue is a valuable asset.

His recent form makes for interesting reading: in his last six races the results read 5th, 12th, 1st, 2nd, 1st, 14th — two wins mixed in with some rougher days, which is fairly typical of a nine-year-old competing regularly at the lower end of the sport. His last victory came at Catterick Bridge on 27 August 2025, and with a race just yesterday, he is clearly still being kept busy. At nine, with five wins at one track and counting, Quercus is exactly the kind of horse a local racing fan roots for — workmanlike, consistent, and always dangerous when the horsebox pulls into Catterick.