Perfidia

What the numbers also reveal is that Perfidia is a horse who knows exactly what she likes. On normal ground, she has won 2 of her 9 races — that is a 22% win rate, comfortably better than her overall record and a genuine signal that conditions matter enormously to her. Push her onto wet or muddy ground and the results dry up. Similarly, she thrives at a distance of around a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs, winning 2 of her 8 races at those trips — 25%, or 1 in every 4. For a horse who wins just 1 in 12 across all circumstances, that focus is striking. Get the conditions right, and she becomes a different animal.

Most of her racing has come at Class 6, the entry level of the sport, where she has won 1 from 10 — so even at that level she has had to work for it. She took her first career win at Ripon in June 2025, which set the ball rolling. Her trainer, Tim Easterby, operates out of Great Habton in North Yorkshire and has been in exceptional form this season, sending out 126 winners — a yard clearly firing on all cylinders. It is also worth noting that her most regular jockey, David Allan, has not yet ridden her to a win in seven attempts together. Both of her victories have come with other riders in the saddle — a small detail, but the kind that sharp observers tend to notice. Perfidia is not a star, but she is a horse who rewards patience, and right now, with a win this week and another run just yesterday, she is in the form of her life.