Lady Ridgewood

Across her seven races overall, Lady Ridgewood has won once and finished in the places four more times — meaning she has given her supporters something to cheer in five of her seven outings. That is a win rate of around 1 in 7 (14%), which is modest on paper, but her recent form tells a more interesting story. Reading her last six results from most recent backwards — 9, 6, 1, 3, 2, 2 — you can see a horse that was knocking on the door with two consecutive runner-up finishes before finally breaking through, then losing her way slightly afterwards. That kind of dip after a first win is not unusual; horses can take time to build on the confidence of a breakthrough.

She runs mainly at Class 5 level, which sits towards the lower end of the racing pyramid, and has won 1 from 3 races at that grade — again, that 1-in-3 ratio suggesting she is competitive when conditions suit. She is trained by Ian Williams, whose yard in Portway, Worcestershire, has been in excellent form this season with 96 winners sent out — a volume that speaks to a well-organised operation that knows how to place horses where they can win. With Lady Ridgewood having raced as recently as yesterday and still only four years old, there is plenty of time for her record to grow. The question is whether she can recapture the form that made Chelmsford her moment.