Annie Express

The numbers tell a quietly compelling story. Across 12 races in total, she has won 2 and placed 3 times — a win rate of roughly 1 in every 6 races, which is modest enough on its own. But zoom in on Ludlow specifically and the picture sharpens dramatically: 2 wins from just 3 visits. That is the kind of ratio that trainers dream about. Most racehorses never find a track that suits them so perfectly, and the fact that Annie Express has managed it suggests there is something about Ludlow's layout, or the typical competition she faces there, that plays right into her strengths.

Her recent form reads 1-4-blank-5-1-4, which means two wins in her last six races with a couple of mid-field finishes in between. That is a horse who is not winning everything in sight, but who is absolutely capable of raising her game when conditions are right. The blank in that sequence — a race where she did not finish or did not run — does nothing to dent a record that has genuinely come alive in 2026.

She is trained by Robbie Llewellyn, based at Wroughton in Wiltshire, and the yard has been in good form this season with 13 winners already sent out. That is the kind of active, in-form stable that knows how to place a horse to maximum advantage — and placing Annie Express at Ludlow twice in quick succession, with two wins to show for it, suggests exactly that kind of thinking at work. The one caveat in the record is that she has yet to win at Class 4 level in eight attempts elsewhere. Ludlow appears to be where the planets align for her, and for now, that is more than enough.