The trainer's yard — Dr Richard Newland and Jamie Insole, based in Elmbridge, Worcestershire — has sent out 49 winners this season, so So Alex is part of a productive operation. What makes this horse interesting is not raw win rate — at one win from every five races, it is a solid mid-field competitor — but where it wins. On normal ground conditions, So Alex comes alive: two wins from six races is a 33 per cent win rate, roughly double its overall average. The horse also prefers longer distances, between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, where it has won 2 from 7 races. But the real edge is Wolverhampton itself. Two wins from four races there is a remarkable 50 per cent win rate at that single course.
The puzzling part is that So Alex hasn't won since December — nine months is a long drought — and the horse has yet to win at Class 5 level, where it has raced three times without success. That suggests the yard may have stretched it into tougher competition. Still, with a recent second place just days ago, So Alex is active and fighting. If the yard can find the right race back at the right conditions, this horse has shown it knows how to win.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
4 | 2 wins, 2 other | 18 Aug | 50% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 3 Nov | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 9 Apr | 0% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
1 | 1 second | 15 Jun | 0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 3 Jul | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 21 Nov | 0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 | 1 third | 27 Oct | 0% |
| Ripon Sharp |
1 | 1 second | 28 May | 0% |