Awraad is a three-year-old trained by Tutty at her yard in Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, a stable that has sent out 20 winners already this season and is clearly in good form. That sole win, at Pontefract over 13 months ago, remains the only time she has made it to the front, and her recent run of results — finishing 13th, 6th, 6th, 2nd, 5th and 7th in her last six races — tells the story of a horse searching for the right opportunity. One win and two placed efforts from seven races overall is a record that asks questions, but it does not tell the whole story.
Because there is genuine quality in this horse's background. Tutty has revealed that Awraad finished second in a Listed race at Ripon as a two-year-old — Listed races sit just below the very top tier of British racing, so that is serious company for a young horse to be mixing in. It means she carries a rating that reflects some real ability, and finding races pitched at exactly the right level is now the puzzle Tutty has to solve. "She has a lofty enough mark," the trainer said, which is the honest way of saying the horse is not short of talent — she just needs conditions to fall her way.
Her most regular partner in the saddle has been Connor Beasley, who has ridden her in five of her seven races and been there for the one win. That is a 20% win rate together — roughly 1 in every 5 rides ending in victory — which is a perfectly respectable partnership, even if the last 13 months have not added to the tally. Awraad raced just one day ago and is clearly being kept busy, and Tutty's confidence that she will "find her level" again sounds less like trainer-speak and more like genuine belief in a small horse with a big heart.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 13 May | 0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 21 Apr | 50% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 | 1 second | 25 Aug | 0% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 1 Sep | 0% |