Amazonica

Trained by Owen Burrows at Lambourn in Berkshire, Amazonica is part of a yard that has sent out 32 winners this season, indicating a strong operation with a track record of getting horses to the winner's circle. The two-month gap between that first Leicester win and the most recent races suggests the trainer may have been giving the horse time to develop, a common approach with young, promising animals. With a 50% win rate from just two races, Amazonica has done what every new horse should do — won when it had the chance — and the recent form of third then second shows it is being tested against tougher company. For a young horse barely out of its first season of racing, that trajectory looks encouraging.