Tees Aggregates

Adrian Nicholls trains him out of Sessay in North Yorkshire, a yard that has already sent out 12 winners this season alone — not a small operation by any measure. Nicholls picked Tees Aggregates up from the breeze-ups, the sales where young horses are put through their paces before buyers bid, and spotted something worth pursuing. The horse showed plenty early on, travelling strongly and catching the eye even when the result did not go his way. The trainer noted that at Doncaster on debut he was physically knocked sideways mid-race and still kept plugging away to finish — not the behaviour of a horse without guts.

The partnership with jockey Harrison Shaw is worth paying attention to. In 8 races together, they have won 2, a win rate of 25% — meaning they win 1 in every 4 races as a combination. That is well above the horse's overall career average and suggests Shaw understands how to get the best from him. After one particularly rough run at Catterick where Tees Aggregates pulled hard, burned through his energy too early and finished well down the field, Shaw took a different approach next time out — dropping him in behind other horses to settle, letting him travel, then asking the question late. It worked. The horse found plenty when it mattered, which is exactly what you want to see.

His three career wins have come at Leicester, and twice at Beverley — tracks scattered across the north of England where he has built a quiet but consistent record. He tends to operate at Class 5 level, which sits near the lower end of the British racing ladder, but he wins 2 in every 9 races at that grade, which is a perfectly respectable return. His most recent win came at Beverley in August 2025, and with a race just yesterday, he is clearly still in full training and being kept busy. On a dry summer afternoon, with Shaw in the saddle, he is exactly the sort of horse a knowledgeable racegoer would quietly note on their racecard.