Lady Harriett

Her career record tells the story of a horse that competes rather than dominates: one win and five places from 21 races, which works out at roughly 1 in every 20 races resulting in a win. That single victory came at Ffos Las in November 2024, and it remains her career highlight — a first win that took some patience to arrive. She has not won since, and her last six runs include two third-place finishes and three blank efforts. The dashes in her recent form signal races where she simply did not feature. At Class 5 level — the lower end of the racing ladder — she has won just 1 from 15 races at that grade, which gives you a sense of how hard-earned that Ffos Las success was.

Her most regular partner in the saddle is Sean Bowen, the trainer's son, who has ridden her in 12 of her races for that single win together — a win rate of around 1 in 12, or roughly 8%. That is a modest return, but the family connection suggests Lady Harriett is a horse they know well and are in no hurry to rush.

What makes her genuinely interesting is what might be coming next. Mickey Bowen has spoken about her as a chaser in the making — a horse whose future lies over fences rather than the hurdles she currently races over. The switch to chasing is often where a horse that has been quietly ticking along suddenly finds its level, and Bowen clearly thinks the bigger obstacles will suit her better. For now, he is looking to find another suitable race over hurdles to add a second win to her record before that transition happens. Lady Harriett may not be setting the world alight just yet, but at seven, she is still a relatively young project — and the team around her seem to think the best is still ahead.