Yanifer

His last win came at Chester on 30 August 2025, a Class 2 victory that would have felt like a good day at the yard for trainer Harriet Bethell in Arnold, East Yorkshire. Chester matters to Yanifer. He has now won twice at the Cheshire track — the other came in August 2024, also in Class 2 — and the racecourse appears to suit him in a way others do not. These are not fluke wins buried in mediocrity; both came at a respectable level. When jockey Oisin McSweeney rides Yanifer, things tend to happen: the pair have combined for 3 wins from 9 races together, a 33 percent return that far outpaces the horse's overall form and hints at a useful partnership.

What stands out in Yanifer's recent record is the inconsistency. His last six races show a 10th, a 4th, a 14th, a 12th, a 9th, and then a win. That is the shape of a horse still capable on his day but no longer reliable. At eight, he is in the middle years of a jump racing career, old enough to know what he is doing but perhaps past his peak. Still, with Bethell's yard firing this season and with Chester clearly his track, Yanifer remains a name worth noting in Class 2 company when the draw falls kindly. He is not a star, but he is a professional, and there are not many of those.