St Mawes

Trained by Emma Lavelle out of her yard in Ogbourne Maizey, Wiltshire, St Mawes is in good hands. Lavelle's operation has sent out 47 winners already this season, which tells you this isn't a quiet backwater stable — it's a yard that knows how to get horses to the track in form and ready to run. When a trainer of that calibre keeps running a horse, it usually means they believe there's more to come.

The recent form makes for interesting reading. Reading right to left — most recent first — it goes 3-1-1-5-10-4, which means after a couple of quieter efforts St Mawes has hit a rich vein, finishing third and then winning back-to-back races. That last victory came at Nottingham on 15 October 2025, and the win before that at Kempton Park on 18 September — so within the space of four weeks, this horse went from opening its account for the first time to doubling up. That's the kind of momentum that gets people interested.

At the level St Mawes typically competes — Class 4, which sits in the middle tier of British racing — it has won 1 from 3, or roughly 1 in 3 races. That's a strong return at that grade, and it suggests the horse is well-placed rather than simply making up the numbers. It raced just one day ago and is clearly in the thick of an active campaign, which means there may well be more to add to this record soon. A horse winning at this clip, trained by a yard in full flow, is exactly the kind of profile that catches the eye before the bigger opportunities come calling.