Roundhay Park

Over a career spanning 49 races, Roundhay Park has won 6 times and finished in the places 11 more times — a win rate of around 1 in every 8 races, which is modest but steady. His best level is Class 4, the bread-and-butter tier of British racing, where he has won 3 of his 28 races at that level. He is not a horse who was ever going to trouble the top races, but he has been durable, consistent, and genuinely competitive for years. There is real value in that.

What sharpens the picture is the ground. On slightly soft, wet turf, he has won 4 from 11 races — that is 36%, or better than 1 in 3. For context, his overall win rate is 12%. The difference is striking. Jockey Faye McManoman, who knows him better than anyone having ridden him in 36 of his 49 races, admitted she was doing a rain dance the night before his Ripon win in July. That says it all. When the ground is wet and the conditions are right, Roundhay Park is a different horse.

Ripon is where he has done his best work. Two wins from 6 races there makes it his happy hunting ground, and his most recent victory — a win at Ripon on 19 July 2025 — confirmed he still has something left to give. McManoman described him as "so genuine" and said he kept finding more when it mattered, which is not a throwaway comment. A horse that keeps responding under pressure at 11 years old has earned that kind of praise. Tinkler, reflecting on a win at Ayr, singled out how relaxed the horse was — a sign that, even after nearly 50 races, he is comfortable in himself.

He raced just yesterday and is still active, though Tinkler has suggested one or two more runs before a break, with an eye on letting apprentice jockeys ride him next season. For a horse described as a yard legend, that feels like the right kind of send-off — still useful, still loved, still turning up.