Stinginhisstep

The yard behind Stinginhisstep is Sue Gardner's small operation based in Longdown, Devon — practically local to Newton Abbot — and Gardner has sent out 8 winners already this season, so this is not a yard simply making up the numbers. In the saddle, Sean Houlihan has partnered Stinginhisstep for 10 of its 16 races and has been aboard for both wins, giving the pair a 20% win rate together — winning 2 of every 10 races they've run as a team. That kind of familiarity between horse and rider matters more than most people realise.

The honest part of the picture is that Stinginhisstep hasn't won in its last 6 races, with the most recent Newton Abbot victory coming on 20 July 2025. Since then, the form has been a string of third-place finishes — placed three times in the last four completed runs — which suggests the horse is consistently competitive without quite finding that extra gear to win. It raced just yesterday and is clearly still an active, fit horse. The level it competes at — Class 5, which is the level where most everyday races are run — is where it has found its two wins, and that context matters: this horse is competitive at its right level, even if wins have proved elusive lately.

It's the kind of horse that a regular racegoer quietly keeps an eye on — not a star, but honest, course-savvy, and dangerous on its day at Newton Abbot.