Allegrino

The shape of Allegrino's profile reveals clear preferences. On fast, dry ground, she is formidable: winning two of every three races (2 wins from 3), compared to her overall rate of four from ten. Give her a mile or slightly shorter, and she is even more dangerous—she has won four of six races over that distance, a rate of roughly two wins in three attempts. These are not marginal edges; they are substantial differences that tell you exactly when and where to expect her to run well. She broke her duck at Lingfield Park back in January and most recently won at Sandown Park this week, suggesting she understands how to handle different tracks when conditions suit.

One puzzle in her record is her performance at Class 5 level, where she has managed just one win from four races—a 25% win rate noticeably below her career average. This suggests that while she is a capable horse, she may find her ceiling at a certain level of competition, or that Class 5 races have not fallen kindly to her strengths. Nonetheless, Andrew Balding's yard at Kingsclere has been prolific this season with 202 winners, and Allegrino's record of winning two races in every five, combined with his near-perfect placing record, marks him as one of the more reliable performers in that operation.