Kates Choice

The overall numbers are modest — 1 win from 13 races, which works out at roughly 1 in every 13 — but recent form tells a more encouraging story. Looking at the last six runs in reverse order, the sequence reads 1, blank, 2, 4, 5, 9. That climb from the back of the field toward the front, culminating in a win, suggests a horse that has been finding its stride at exactly the right time. The placed finish alongside that victory shows this isn't a horse scraping around the edges of the field anymore.

Kates Choice is trained by Nikki Evans, who operates out of a small yard in Pandy, Monmouthshire — not far from the Ffos Las track where the win came. Evans has sent out 2 winners so far this season, meaning Kates Choice accounts for one of them, which makes this result genuinely meaningful for the whole team. For a smaller operation, every winner counts, and this one will have been celebrated.

Raced just one day ago and clearly in active campaign, the question now is whether Ffos Las — a track that suits the yard's location and perhaps suits this horse — becomes a happy hunting ground going forward. One win doesn't make a pattern, but sometimes a horse just needs to find a place where everything clicks.