Yorkshire

Yorkshire does his best work on normal ground and over shorter distances — five to six-and-a-half furlongs — winning half of his races in both those conditions. That 50% win rate in each category is a serious number. It means when the track is dry and the race is a sprint, this horse turns up ready to deliver. His most recent win came at Kempton Park in April 2025, and before that he landed a Class 2 race at Wolverhampton's all-weather track in November 2024 — one of the top tier of races in Britain. Winning at that level matters.

His most regular partner in the saddle is Callum Rodriguez, who has ridden him in 8 races together and won 2 of them — a 25% win rate, which is a solid return. They clearly have a working relationship, and Bethell knows what this horse needs: space, a clean run, and a rhythm he can settle into. Get him trapped in traffic and you lose him; get him out in the clear and he hits the line hard.

That finishing kick is what made his run at Royal Ascot's Buckingham Palace Stakes so eye-catching. Bethell has spoken about how well Yorkshire handled the occasion, believing he would have finished in the first four with a cleaner passage through. It is the kind of run that leaves a trainer excited rather than frustrated, because it confirms the horse is good enough — he just needed the gaps to come. The plan now is to go back to Ascot for the International Stakes on July 26, a race that looks tailor-made. Bethell has even floated the idea that a fast-run mile might not be beyond him. For a horse who has spent most of his career sprinting, that is a genuinely intriguing thought — and one this summer should answer.