The Prettiest Star

Trained by Ed Walker out of Upper Lambourn in Berkshire — a yard that has sent out 80 winners this season alone — she has won 1 from 3 races, or roughly 1 in every 3, which is a solid early record for a young horse still finding her feet. Her debut win came at Nottingham in August 2025, and by all accounts it was smooth rather than scrappy. Walker described her as cool and calm, quickly settling into the race and doing the job professionally. For a first-time winner, that composure stands out.

Since then she has run twice more, finishing second and then fourth in her most recent race. The second came at Newmarket's Rowley Mile — a stiffer, more serious test than Nottingham — and Walker was encouraged rather than concerned. He has said publicly that the run gave her a good workout and should have her spot on for the Guineas. In other words, those results are part of a plan, not a sign of regression.

What makes her story a little unusual is the personal dimension. Her owner also bred her — and bred her sire, the stallion Starman, too. To produce a horse from a stallion you yourself bred, and then watch it win first time out, is a rare kind of full-circle moment in a sport where patience is usually rewarded slowly if at all. Walker, by his own account, was the nervous one on the day. The horse was not.

She raced just yesterday and is very much in active training. If Walker is right that her preparation has gone well and she stays the Guineas distance — a question he acknowledges but seems quietly confident about — then The Prettiest Star could be worth keeping an eye on when the Newmarket classics come around.