Tramuntana

The most recent win came at Huntingdon in February 2025, about 15 months ago, and the first career win came at Fakenham back in November 2023. Both victories arrived in the lower tiers of racing — Class 5, the level where most horses in Britain spend their working lives — and that is where Tramuntana has made itself at home. At that level, the record reads 2 wins from 6 races, or 1 in 3, which is genuinely impressive. One in three is the kind of ratio that makes a horse worth watching.

Behind the scenes, Tramuntana is trained by Olly Murphy at Wilmcote in Warwickshire — a yard that has sent out 146 winners this season alone. That is not a quiet operation. Murphy runs one of the busier and more productive training yards in the country, and having a horse in that environment means professional handling and plenty of competition for places in the yard. The regular jockey partnership, however, is one area that has not clicked: Sean Bowen has ridden Tramuntana five times without a single win between them. That is an unusual stat, given that Bowen is one of the better jockeys in the sport. Whether that changes going forward is one of the more interesting subplots around this horse.

Tramuntana raced just one day ago and remains active. It is at an age — seven — when many horses are beginning to find their level, for better or worse. Right now, Tramuntana looks like a horse that has found its level and is thriving in it. A string of placed finishes, a win 15 months back, and a yard firing on all cylinders: the pieces are there for something to happen.