Bethpage

Her strongest level is Class 3 — one step below the very top races — where she has won 2 from 5 attempts, a 40% win rate. That tells you she is not just a horse who picks up easy races; she is genuinely competitive when the quality steps up. Her partnership with jockey Tom Bellamy has been particularly fruitful: together they have won 3 from 9 races, a rate of 1 in 3, which is a real working relationship rather than a casual arrangement.

She has not won in her last six races, with a fifth and a third among them, and her last victory came at Stratford-on-Avon in May 2025 — nearly a year ago now. That might sound like a horse running out of ideas, but context matters. Trainer Emma Lavelle, who has sent out 45 winners this season from her yard in Wiltshire, has been deliberate about how Bethpage is placed. After a disappointing run at Wincanton last year — described as "the only time she's ever run a shocker" — she improved through the spring. The plan this season points toward Cheltenham, where she has qualified for a mares' final, and Lavelle has spoken warmly about how she handles wet or muddy ground.

She raced just one day ago, so she is right in the thick of a campaign, and all the signs from the team point to a horse being aimed carefully at a specific big day rather than one simply going through the motions. First career win aside — she broke her duck at Fontwell Park in April 2024 — the trajectory has been upward, and with a trainer in form and a familiar jockey who knows how to get the best from her, Bethpage looks like a horse building toward something.