Sailthisshipalone

The first win came at Thirsk in August 2023, which gave Ivan Furtado's yard a marker to work from. Furtado trains out of Wiseton in South Yorkshire, and this has been a productive season for the operation — 34 winners sent out already, which is a solid return and suggests a yard in good health. Sailthisshipalone is one of the horses keeping that number ticking over. The most recent win came at Pontefract just three weeks ago, in early April 2026, and the horse is currently active and racing.

One of the more interesting threads in this story is the class puzzle. Sailthisshipalone has run seven times at Class 3 level — one step below the top tier of British racing — and has yet to win at that level: 0 from 7. That is a significant blank. It suggests the horse is most dangerous when dropped back to a slightly easier grade, where the competition is that little bit more beatable. Trainers know this game well, and Furtado clearly does too, given the recent Pontefract win.

Oisin Orr has been the regular partner, riding the horse in 7 of its 23 races and winning once together — a win rate of around 1 in 7, which mirrors the horse's overall record almost exactly. That consistency between horse and jockey at least means there are no surprises on either side. Sailthisshipalone is not a horse chasing a big payday or a headline race. It is a horse doing what plenty of racehorses do quietly and without fanfare — finding its right level, winning when the conditions suit, and giving its yard another winner to chalk up.