The overall record tells a similar story of quiet promise: 2 wins and 2 places from 6 races, meaning he has finished in the top three in 4 of every 6 outings — two-thirds of his career. He wins roughly 1 in every 3 races he enters, which puts him comfortably above average for a horse at his level. His recent form figures — 1-4-1-7-8-7, reading from most recent backwards — show a horse that blows hot and cold, but those two victories sandwiching a fourth place suggest he is very much in form right now.
The distance matters too. At a mile and one furlong to a mile and two furlongs, he has won 2 of his 3 races — again, that two-in-three ratio is the kind of number that makes a trainer smile. It suggests the team have worked out exactly where this horse belongs, and they are placing him accordingly. His trainer Jonathan Portman, based at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, has sent out 46 winners this season alone, so this is a yard that knows what it is doing when it spots a horse coming into form.
Portman was candid earlier in the season that the horse had not been as sharp as expected — he gave him a break, had him gelded, and brought him back in the autumn with adjusted expectations. That kind of patient management, targeting races where conditions and distances suit rather than chasing quick wins, is often what separates horses who deliver from those who never quite fulfil their potential. Takeitorleaveit responded with a win at Bath in September 2025, and then again at Bath just this week on 27 April 2026. The same track, the same mile-plus trips, the same result. At six races in, the pattern is becoming hard to ignore.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Undulating |
3 | 2 wins, 1 other | 27 Apr | 66.7% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 11 Jul | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 25 Jun | 0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 3 Jun | 0% |