Alpine Girl

The standout number is on dry ground. When the conditions are fast and firm, Alpine Girl wins 3 from 7 races — that is 43%, nearly every other time out. In a sport where most horses win somewhere between 10% and 20% of their races, that figure on a specific surface is the kind of thing seasoned punters pin to the wall. If the sun has been out and the ground is hard, she becomes a different proposition entirely.

Then there is Lingfield Park, where she has won 2 of just 4 races. Lingfield has a famously unusual all-weather track — a tight, left-handed circuit with a downhill run into a bend that not every horse takes to naturally. The fact that Alpine Girl has cracked it twice in four attempts suggests she is one of the horses it suits. Her first career win came there in June 2023, so there is history between them.

Most of her career has been spent at Class 5 level — the entry-level tier of British racing — where she has won 2 from 22, which works out at just 9%. That is a modest return, but it is worth knowing that horses at this level are often competing against each other week after week, in fields full of rivals with the same profile. The fact that she has found winning difficult there does not diminish her, it just tells you she is probably at her best when conditions stack in her favour.

She is trained by Julie Camacho at Norton in North Yorkshire, a yard that has sent out 50 winners this season — a strong, active operation. Ross Coakley rides her most often, winning 1 from their 8 races together. Her last win came at Redcar in August 2025, and after a short break of 33 days she is back. With fast ground and Lingfield on the horizon, she would be worth a second look.