Yankee Dude

Trained by Warren Greatrex out of Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, Yankee Dude broke its duck at Lingfield Park in September 2024 before following up with another win at Kempton Park the following month. Back-to-back wins at two different tracks suggested a horse moving in the right direction, and Greatrex's yard has been in fine form this season — 50 winners is a healthy total that tells you this is a team that knows how to get a horse ready to race.

What makes the current picture a little more complicated is that last Kempton win came 18 months ago. The recent form reads 2-13-1-1-3 — that's a second place most recently, then a run well back in the field, followed by two wins, and a third before that. Read right to left, that's a horse that won twice, then seemed to go off the boil for a while, and is now showing signs of bouncing back. The second place last time out, just one day ago, suggests Yankee Dude is knocking on the door again, and with a horse this consistent across its whole career, it would be no surprise if that door opens very soon.