Amplitude

That one win came at Gowran Park in September 2025, and it arrived over a distance of around a mile and a quarter — which turns out to be the sweet spot. At that kind of trip, Amplitude has won 1 from 5 races (a 20% win rate), which is meaningfully better than its overall record and suggests the horse simply runs better when it gets a proper test of stamina. Finding a horse's ideal distance is one of the most important things a trainer can do, and Murphy's yard — which has sent out 13 winners already this season — looks to have identified it here.

Gary Carroll has been in the saddle for 8 of Amplitude's 12 races, winning once together (roughly 1 in every 8 rides). That's a steady partnership rather than a spectacular one, but the consistency of their top-four finishes in recent outings is the kind of form that keeps a jockey coming back. Having raced just yesterday, Amplitude is clearly an active and busy horse right now, and a return to somewhere like Gowran Park — where it has already shown it can win — over that mile-to-mile-and-a-quarter trip would represent its best chance of adding a second career victory to the tally.