A Daughters Love

The horse has found genuine sweet spots in her racing profile. On fast, dry ground she is a different proposition entirely, winning 2 of her 3 races on those conditions, a win rate of roughly 67 percent. Over distances between a mile and three furlongs and a mile and four furlongs, she has won 3 of 8 races, performing at nearly 38 percent — double her overall average. Her last win came at Ffos Las on 4 August, nearly two months ago, so she has been chasing form since then. Her recent record reads 8-6-5-6-8-4 (most recent first), a run that suggests she is struggling to find the winners' enclosure but at least recording some placings to show she remains competitive.

Trained by David Flood at Stow-On-The-Wold in Gloucestershire, A Daughters Love is part of a modest yard that has sent out just 2 winners all season, so she is by no means the centrepiece of the operation. Still, her form on quick ground and at specific distances gives her a clear pathway: the right track on a dry day, at the mile-and-three-to-mile-and-four trip, offers genuine winning chances. The trick will be finding those exact conditions and waiting for her to rediscover the form that brought that Ffos Las victory. She raced just a day ago, so the yard are keeping her active — a sign they have not given up on turning this losing run around.