Assaranca

Trained by Richard Hannon at his yard in Herridge, Wiltshire, Assaranca is in good hands. Hannon's operation has sent out 118 winners already this season — that is a genuinely prolific number, and it reflects a yard that knows how to place its horses well and get the best out of them at the right moment. With 2 wins and 6 places from 12 races overall, Assaranca has built a career win rate of roughly 1 in every 6 runs, which is solid without being spectacular. But the trajectory matters more than the headline figure right now.

The most eye-catching detail is that Assaranca won at Lingfield Park just this week — raced only yesterday, in fact. That kind of freshness combined with winning form is exactly what makes a horse worth following. Its first win came at Nottingham back in October 2025, but this latest success at Lingfield shows that the improvement is real and recent, not a distant memory.

Where Assaranca tends to shine is over a mile and a bit — specifically between 1m1f and 1m2f, where it has won 1 from 4 races, a 25% win rate that is meaningfully better than its overall record. That distance range suits a horse that probably needs a bit of time to warm into a race. Regular partner Joe Leavy has been aboard for 5 of its races and been there for both recent wins together, winning 1 of those 5 — roughly 1 in every 5 rides — which suggests the combination is developing a useful understanding. Assaranca currently races at Class 5 level, which is the everyday, bread-and-butter tier of British racing, but with a yard firing on all cylinders behind it and form this fresh, it is a horse that could be about to step up.