Hello Sweety

The career numbers are modest on the surface — 2 wins from 13 races, which is roughly 1 in every 6 or 7 — but the details tell a more interesting story. Both of those wins have come at Fakenham, a small, tight Norfolk track with sharp bends that rewards horses who naturally run flat out and don't think too much about it. Hello Sweety has won 2 of her 4 races there, which is a genuinely impressive record. For context, most horses are happy to win at a course once. She seems to actively enjoy it. "This track is perfect for her," Edmunds said after her most recent win there in March 2026, eight weeks ago. "She likes to do things her way." That is, diplomatically, one way of putting it.

Her form over the last six races — two wins and a second — suggests she is in the best shape of her career right now. She also performs noticeably better over longer distances, two miles or more, where she has won 2 of her 6 races (roughly 1 in 3). That is a completely different horse to the one who has managed just 1 win from 6 races at Class 5 level on less favourable terms. Give her the right conditions and she delivers. The jockey most often associated with those conditions is Charlie Hammond, who happens to be Edmunds' son-in-law and has ridden her to both career wins. He has won 2 of 8 races on her together — 1 in every 4. Edmunds notes, with obvious amusement, that his daughter is not particularly happy when Hammond takes the ride, because Hello Sweety is, in his words, quite scary to watch.

The yard has been in good form this season, sending out 24 winners, and Edmunds has his eye on a race at Stratford — another tight track — for her next. He ends his assessment with a thought that doubles as fair warning to anyone lining up against her: "Good luck to anybody trying." Given what she has already done at Fakenham, it is hard to argue with him.