Annie Edson Taylor

Makin runs his operation out of Easingwold in North Yorkshire, and the yard has had a productive season with 9 winners already sent out. Annie Edson Taylor has played her part in that. Her most recent win came at Hamilton Park on 3 September 2025 — almost nine months ago now — following on from her first career win at Bath back in September 2024. Two wins in a year, both coming in the autumn, is a detail worth noting if she starts sharpening up again as summer turns.

The bulk of her career has been spent at Class 5 level, which is the everyday, bread-and-butter tier of British racing — and even there she has only won 1 from 8 races at that level, a 12% win rate. That tells you she is competitive without being dominant, a horse who earns her keep without threatening to outgrow her grade. Her recent form reads 6-4-10-6-2-1 going back through her last six runs, which in plain terms means she won, then ran second, then went through a patchy spell of mid-field finishes. She raced just yesterday, so she is clearly in an active campaign right now, and the trainer is keeping her busy.

What makes Annie Edson Taylor worth watching is less about the headline numbers and more about the pattern — she tends to find form, and when she does, she has shown she can get her nose in front. A horse who has won twice in the last twelve months, is still racing regularly, and sits in a yard that is firing this season is one to keep an eye on rather than dismiss.