The overall record tells a story of honest endeavour rather than headline brilliance: 4 wins and 9 places from 28 races, which works out to winning roughly 1 in every 7 outings. That is not a flashy number, but it does mean this horse has never been far away from the action. The nine placed finishes suggest a horse that competes consistently without always having that final gear when it matters most — frustrating to follow, perhaps, but never dull.
Most of those races have come at Class 4 level, which sits in the solid middle ground of the British racing ladder. At that level, Supreme Yeats has won just 1 from 13 attempts — roughly 1 in 13 — which makes this week's victory all the more worth noting. Breaking through at a level where you have repeatedly come up short is genuinely satisfying, regardless of the company. The recent form leading into that win had been patchy at best — finishing fifth, then three consecutive results in the eighth-to-tenth range — so the Newton Abbot win arrived as a proper turnaround rather than the continuation of a hot streak.
The partnership with jockey Harry Skelton is worth flagging. In 8 races together, they have won twice — a win rate of 25%, or 1 in every 4 rides. That is a meaningfully better return than the horse's overall career average, suggesting something clicks when Skelton is in the saddle. It helps that Harry is trained by his brother Dan Skelton, whose yard at Alcester in Warwickshire has been in extraordinary form this season — 194 winners and counting, which is the kind of output that marks out one of the most productive operations in the country. A horse like Supreme Yeats is part of the engine room that builds a tally like that: not the star names, but the reliable, competitive types who keep turning up and occasionally turning in a result.
The career started with a first win at Southwell back in November 2022, and the journey since has been steady without ever threatening the top shelf of the sport. But still racing, still winning at ten years old — that counts for something.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
5 | 1 win, 1 second, 3 other | 26 Jun | 20% |
| Warwick Sharp |
4 | 4 other | 8 Mar | 0% |
| Market Rasen Sharp |
3 | 1 third, 2 other | 21 Jun | 0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon Sharp |
2 | 1 win, 1 second | 31 May | 50% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
2 | 1 win, 1 second | 25 Jul | 50% |
| Bangor-on-Dee Sharp |
2 | 2 other | 21 Mar | 0% |
| Worcester Galloping |
2 | 1 second, 1 other | 26 Sep | 0% |
| Newton Abbot Sharp |
1 | 1 win | 6 May | 100% |
| Fakenham Tight |
1 | 1 other | 2 Feb | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 10 Nov | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 10 Oct | 0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 13 Dec | 0% |
| Cheltenham Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 24 Oct | 0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 17 Mar | 0% |
| Wetherby Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 25 Jan | 0% |