The recent form makes for interesting reading. His last six runs read 4-7-7-3-2-1 from oldest to most recent, which is a clear upward curve. After a couple of disappointing efforts in the middle of that sequence, he tightened things up with a second, then delivered the win. He raced just yesterday, so he's clearly in an active spell and his trainer is keeping him busy.
Sam England, based at Guiseley in West Yorkshire, has had a productive season with 49 winners sent out, so this is a yard that knows how to get horses ready to perform. Yafaarr sits at the lower end of the racing ladder — he competes mostly at Class 6, the entry level of British racing — but within that level he's managed to win 1 from 7 races at roughly 14%, or about 1 in every 7 attempts at that grade. His preferred trip of a mile and one to a mile and two furlongs suits a horse that needs a bit of distance to warm up and use his stride, and at that range he's won 1 from 6 races, around 1 in 6.
He's not a flashy horse, and his record is modest by any measure. But the improvement in recent runs and the fact that his trainer is firing on all cylinders this season suggests Yafaarr could be building towards something. Whether he can do it again is the question — but at least now everyone knows he can.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Galloping |
6 | 1 win, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, 1 other | 24 Nov | 16.7% |
| Redcar Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 7 May | 0% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 1 other | 18 Apr | 0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 20 Jul | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 7 Apr | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 1 Jun | 0% |
| Catterick Bridge Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 8 Apr | 0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 24 Apr | 0% |