Square Du Roule

The career numbers tell a modest story on the surface — 3 wins and 8 places from 21 races, winning roughly 1 in every 7. That is a solid enough record at the level it typically runs at, but not one that would make anyone sit up. What makes Square Du Roule genuinely interesting right now is the timing. It won at Exeter just this week, on 17 April 2026, having also won there back in November 2025 when it recorded its first career victory. Two wins in five months, both at the same track — that is a horse that has found its feet and knows where home is.

Its recent form reads 1-1-8-4-2-4, with the two most recent races both resulting in wins. Winning back-to-back races is something most horses at this level rarely manage, and doing it at a course where you already have a strong record suggests this is not a fluke — it is a horse in form, running somewhere it genuinely excels.

The one puzzle in the story is its partnership with jockey James Davies, who has ridden Square Du Roule thirteen times without a single win together. Zero from thirteen is a striking number, and yet the horse has clearly been winning recently — so someone else has been in the saddle for those victories. Nigel Hawke's yard has sent out 9 winners this season, so the team is in decent shape, and a horse that wins half its races at one local track is exactly the kind of reliable performer that keeps a smaller yard ticking over. Square Du Roule raced just yesterday and is very much a live player right now.