Epictetus (IRE)
Owner: Jamie Osborne & Partner Trainer: J A Osborne Sex: colt Age: 6
Breeding: Kingman / Thistle Bird (Selkirk)
Form Summary
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Starts | Wins | 2nds | 3rds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good (Good to Soft in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Firm | 4 | |||
| Good to Firm (Good in places) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Good to Soft | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1 | |||
| Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Heavy | 1 | 1 | ||
| Soft | 3 | |||
| Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 3 | 2 | ||
| Standard | 6 | 1 | ||
| Standard / Slow | 1 | |||
| Totals | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Race History
| Date | Course | Going | Distance | Class | Race Winner | Weight | Position | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2026 | Lingfield | Standard | 1m 2f | 4 | Wyld Bill | 9st 7lbs | 11 of 12 | Saffie Osborne | 11/1 |
| wore hood to start, led, headed after 1f, prominent, pushed along 2f out, outpaced over 1f out, soon weakened (trainer representative could offer no explanation for performance of gelding, gelding examined by vet who had nothing to report) | |||||||||
| 16 Jan 2026 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 142y | 4 | Paladin | 9st 10lbs | 3 of 9 | Jason Hart | 15/2 |
| soon led, ridden when headed inside 2f out, edged left inside final furlong, rallied final 110yds, ran on | |||||||||
| 02 Jan 2026 | Chelmsford City | Standard | 1m 2f | 4 | Time Tested | 9st 12lbs | 7 of 8 | Rob Hornby | 4/1 |
| tracked leaders, asked for effort over 1f out, soon weakened | |||||||||
| 25 Nov 2025 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 142y | 4 | Tribal Wisdom | 10st 2lbs | 8 of 10 | Saffie Osborne | 3/1 |
| wore hood to post, midfield, ridden over 2f out, kept on same pace inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 08 Nov 2025 | Wolverhampton | Standard | 1m 142y | 3 | City Of Poets | 10st | 7 of 12 | William Carver | 11/2 |
| prominent, led after 1f, headed 5f out, pushed along and led again 2f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2025 | Kempton | Standard / Slow | 1m | 3 | Local Hero | 9st 10lbs | 5 of 11 | William Carver | 20/1 |
| led, ridden and headed over 1f out, no extra and lost 2 places towards finish | |||||||||
| 12 Oct 2025 | Goodwood | Good | 1m | 2 | Cerulean Bay | 9st 5lbs | 12 of 12 | William Carver | 16/1 |
| tracked leaders inside, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened inside final 2f | |||||||||
| 24 Sep 2025 | Goodwood | Good to Soft (Soft in places) | 1m | 2 | Cerulean Bay | 9st 1lbs | 3 of 12 | Billy Loughnane | 16/1 |
| tracked leader, led inside final 2f, ridden and headed over 1fout, no impression when lost 2nd inside final furlong, plugged on in 3rd | |||||||||
| 05 Sep 2025 | Ascot | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m | 2 | Shout | 9st 3lbs | 17 of 17 | Saffie Osborne | 40/1 |
| went left start, always towards rear | |||||||||
| 24 Aug 2025 | Goodwood | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m | 3 | Tribal Chief | 10st 1lbs | of 11 | Saffie Osborne | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 24 Jul 2025 | Yarmouth | Soft | 1m 2f 23y | 2 | Andaleep | 9st 12lbs | 11 of 13 | Saffie Osborne | 18/1 |
| mid-division, not much room over 2f out, weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 18 Jun 2025 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm | 1m | 2 | My Cloud | 9st 7lbs | 13 of 30 | Saffie Osborne | 22/1 |
| raced near side tracking leaders, ridden and no impression when carried right over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 17 May 2025 | Newbury | Good to Firm | 1m | 2 | My Cloud | 9st 11lbs | 5 of 11 | William Carver | 33/1 |
| held up in touch in mid-division, effort over 2f out ridden over 1f out, stayed on one pace final furlong | |||||||||
| 13 Jul 2024 | Ascot | Good (Good to Soft in places) | 7f 213y | 1 | Quddwah | 9st 3lbs | of 7 | R Havlin | 0/0 |
| NonRunner | |||||||||
| 01 Jun 2024 | Epsom Downs | Good to Soft (Good in places) | 1m 113y | 1 | Royal Scotsman | 9st 8lbs | 6 of 8 | K Shoemark | 10/1 |
| held up towards rear, headway and switched right over 3f out, not much room over 2f out, soon lost place | |||||||||
| 01 May 2024 | Ascot | Good to Soft | 1m | 1 | Quddwah | 9st 5lbs | 5 of 5 | K Shoemark | 4/1 |
| raced wide tracking leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden and weakened over 1f out | |||||||||
| 21 Oct 2023 | Ascot | Soft | 1m | 1 | Big Rock | 9st 3lbs | 8 of 11 | K Shoemark | 100/1 |
| in rear, pushed along 3f out, never on terms | |||||||||
| 29 Sep 2023 | Newmarket | Good to Firm | 1m | 1 | Mutasaabeq | 9st 2lbs | 4 of 6 | L Dettori | 5/1 |
| wore hood to post, held up in last pair, some headway out wide 2f out, never going pace to get involved | |||||||||
| 26 Aug 2023 | Goodwood | Soft | 1m | 1 | Angel Bleu | 9st | 5 of 8 | K Shoemark | 15/8 |
| led early, prominent, lost place over 2f out, no impression after | |||||||||
| 04 Aug 2023 | Goodwood | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m | 1 | Epictetus | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 7 | L Dettori | 6/1 |
| tracked leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to chase leader entering final furlong, led inside final furlong, ran on | |||||||||
| 22 Jun 2023 | Royal Ascot | Good to Firm | 1m 1f 212y | 1 | Waipiro | 9st 2lbs | 13 of 16 | L Dettori | 13/2 |
| awkward leaving stalls, chased leaders, ridden to challenge 2f out, weakened inside final furlong, eased final 50yds | |||||||||
| 04 Jun 2023 | Chantilly | Good | 1m 2f 96y | 0 | Ace Impact | 9st 2lbs | 5 of 11 | L Dettori | 12/1 |
| 18 May 2023 | York | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 1m 2f 56y | 1 | The Foxes | 9st 2lbs | 5 of 12 | L Dettori | 5/1 |
| held up, headway under pressure on outside approaching final furlong, every chance final 100 yards, no extra close home | |||||||||
| 25 Apr 2023 | Epsom Downs | Soft (Good to Soft in places) | 1m 2f 17y | 1 | Epictetus | 9st 3lbs | 1 of 6 | L Dettori | 2/5 |
| keen early, tracked leaders, headway to lead approaching final 2f, ridden over 1f out, pushed out | |||||||||
| 22 Oct 2022 | Doncaster | Heavy | 1m | 1 | Auguste Rodin | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 8 | L Dettori | 3/1 |
| tracked leader stand side, pushed along 2f out, ridden and stayed on to chase winner inside final furlong | |||||||||
| 08 Oct 2022 | Newmarket | Good | 1m | 1 | Silver Knott | 9st 3lbs | 2 of 6 | L Dettori | 9/4 |
| chased leaders, pushed along over 2f out, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed final 100yds, kept on well | |||||||||
| 08 Jul 2022 | Newmarket | Good to Firm (Good in places) | 7f | 3 | Epictetus | 9st 2lbs | 1 of 13 | M Harley | 11/1 |
| in touch, headway 3f out, pushed along to lead over 1f out, ran on | |||||||||


