Wrydcroft

Wrydcroft is only four years old, which matters. At this stage of a career, horses are still learning their job, still finding out what they are capable of. The fact that this one has already stacked up nine races — winning almost half of them, or 44% to be precise — suggests a horse that has developed quickly and is currently right at the top of its game. The first win came at Leicester in September 2025, and since then the wins have kept coming, most recently at Doncaster just three weeks ago. That is a tidy sequence for any yard to boast about.

The trainer is Pam Sly, based out of Thorney in Cambridgeshire. It is not one of the enormous powerhouse operations you might associate with Newmarket or Lambourn, but small yards often know their horses intimately — and the numbers back it up. Seven winners from the yard this season, with Wrydcroft contributing meaningfully to that tally. There is clearly something working well at that operation right now.

One genuinely intriguing detail is how Wrydcroft has fared at Class 5 level — which is mid-to-lower tier racing — winning none of its three attempts there. Yet the horse has found ways to win elsewhere. That suggests Wrydcroft may actually perform better when the competition is sharper, or that the specific conditions at those three Class 5 races simply did not suit. Either way, it is not the stat you would expect from a horse with four career wins, and it adds a small puzzle to an otherwise straightforward story of momentum.

With Wrydcroft having raced just yesterday and clearly in outstanding form, the next run will be worth watching closely. A horse winning 4 of its last 6 races at age four is the definition of a horse to follow.