Miss Fedora

The other thing that brings out the best in her is wet ground. On soft or muddy going she has won 2 of 8 races — 1 in every 4 — compared to a much thinner record on drier surfaces. Put her at Plumpton on a soggy winter afternoon and you are looking at a completely different proposition to the horse who finishes mid-pack on a dry track in summer. Her last win came at Plumpton in April 2025, which means the yard will have been watching the Plumpton entries closely ever since.

She is seven years old and operates mainly at Class 5, the bread-and-butter level of British jump racing, where she has posted all four of her career wins. Her regular jockey Micheal Nolan has ridden her in 14 races together for just the 1 win, a 7% record that reflects the reality that she can be hard to win with — but those who follow her to Plumpton in the wet have been rewarded twice. The Scholfield yard has been in decent form this season, sending out 19 winners, and Miss Fedora raced just yesterday, confirming she is fit and active. Whether another Plumpton assignment on wet ground is coming is the question her followers will be asking.