Regal Renaissance

Trained by Henry Daly out of Ludlow in Shropshire — a yard that has already sent out 17 winners this season — Regal Renaissance has a particular affinity with its home track. That is where the career began, with a first win on 20 December 2022, and that is where the most recent win came, just this week on 10 May 2026. There is something satisfying about a horse that keeps coming back to the same place and keeps delivering.

Ground conditions matter here. On wet or muddy ground, Regal Renaissance has won 3 times from just 8 races — that is a win rate of 38%, or roughly 2 in every 5 attempts. Compare that to its overall record of winning roughly 1 in every 5 races (19%), and the message is clear: when the ground is soft, this horse becomes a significantly more interesting proposition. On fast, dry ground, the same sharpness simply is not there.

Most of its racing has come in Class 4 company — solid, competitive races without quite reaching the top tier of the sport. At that level, it has won 2 from 14, which is a modest 14% win rate, suggesting the horse works hardest for its victories rather than coasting through. Regular jockey Sam Twiston-Davies has partnered it 11 times for 2 of those wins, building a familiarity that clearly counts for something. Their recent form together reads well: a win, a second, and a third in the last few outings paint the picture of a horse in good nick right now.

Having raced just yesterday, Regal Renaissance is as live and current as it gets. At eight years old, with form pointing upward and a home track it clearly adores, this is a horse worth keeping an eye on whenever Ludlow stages a race on a wet afternoon.