La Dame Blanche

The seven-year-old did find the winner's enclosure as recently as July 2024 at Ballinrobe, though that was 22 months ago now, which makes it feel like a distant memory. Before that, her first win came at Gowran Park back in May 2022, so her career has had its moments — just with long, quiet stretches in between. Her most productive distance range sits between a mile and a furlong and a mile and two furlongs, where she has won 1 from 5 races — a 20% win rate that is comfortably her best across any trip. That one-in-five ratio at that distance is meaningfully better than her overall record, and it is the window where the yard will always fancy their chances most.

Rory Mulligan has been her most regular partner in the saddle, partnering her seven times for one win together — roughly a 14% win rate, or about 1 in 7 rides. That is actually a touch better than her overall average, which suggests the combination works reasonably well even if the results haven't always come. With a race just yesterday, she is clearly still in training and being kept busy, which means the team haven't given up on finding another winning opportunity. The question is whether she can rediscover her Ballinrobe form before too much more time slips by.