Rwenearlytheredad

The career started with a first win at Beverley back in June 2023, and since then Rwenearlytheredad has found its comfort zone firmly in the less glamorous end of the racing ladder — Class 6, the entry-level tier where most horses are simply trying to win something rather than chasing glory. At that level, the record reads 5 wins from 18 races, which is 28%, or better than 1 in every 4. That is genuinely good going for the grade, suggesting this is a horse that knows its job when the conditions are right.

And conditions matter enormously here. On wet or muddy ground, Rwenearlytheredad transforms — 2 wins from just 5 races on that surface works out at 40%, which means it has won 2 in every 5 times the ground has been in its favour. That is the kind of statistic that makes a trainer's eyes light up when rain is forecast. Declan Carroll's yard in Malton, North Yorkshire, has sent out 22 winners already this season, so there is clearly no shortage of ability in the team to get horses fit and ready.

The most productive partnership has been with jockey Zak Wheatley — together they have won 5 of their 21 races, a win rate of 24%, or roughly 1 in every 4. That is meaningfully better than the horse's overall average, which suggests Wheatley has figured something out about how to ride this particular animal.

The honest part of the picture is that Rwenearlytheredad has not won in its last six races, finishing no better than sixth in all of them, with the most recent outing just yesterday. The last victory came at Carlisle in May 2025. Whether that run of form is a blip or something more stubborn is the question the team will be trying to answer — ideally on a wet afternoon somewhere in the north of England.