Disco Annie

Both wins came in the space of eight days in November 2024, suggesting she hit a real purple patch when conditions and confidence aligned. Her trainer Rebecca Menzies, who operates out of Morden in County Durham and has sent out 36 winners this season, noted on a stable tour that it took time for the penny to drop with this mare at home. She was hard to settle in training, which is often the sign of a horse with plenty of fire — and Disco Annie channels that energy into a bold, front-running style that suits her when everything clicks. Menzies described her as a horse who wears her heart on her sleeve, which is a trainer's way of saying: when she's in the mood, she really goes for it.

Since that November double, the wins have dried up. Her last six races have produced a best finish of third, and she hasn't won for around 18 months. The most recent form figures — 6-14-3-3-5-6 — suggest she is struggling to recapture that brief peak, though she did manage a couple of thirds in that sequence. She has raced most frequently at Class 4 level, one step below the top tier, winning 2 of those 14 races at that grade. Her regular partner Nathan Moscrop has been in the saddle for 17 of her 23 races, winning twice together — roughly 1 in every 8 rides — and that kind of long-standing partnership often means a jockey knows exactly how to manage a quirky character like this one.

She raced just yesterday, so she is clearly in active training and being kept busy. The question for Disco Annie is whether a return to Carlisle can unlock something the other tracks simply haven't.