Auntie Maggie

The most telling statistic is her partnership with jockey Jonathan Burke. Together they have won three races from nine, a 33 percent win rate that suggests they have genuine chemistry. Burke clearly understands how to ride her, and those three victories have come when a skilled pilot is in the saddle. Her trainer, Alastair Ralph, based in Bridgnworth, Shropshire, runs a yard sending out winners consistently — twenty-five this season — so she is working in a professional environment.

The worry is form. Her last win came at Uttoxeter on 5 June 2025, which is now fourteen months in the past. Since then she has not tasted victory. Her most recent six races tell the story: fourth, second, fifth, third, and sixth — respectable efforts interspersed with disappointment, but nothing that ends in the winner's circle. At seven years old she is approaching the later stages of a racing life, and without a win on the board, the temptation to retire her grows stronger with each race run. Still, given her talent at her level and the quality of her the yard, a return to the winning ways that defined her earlier career is not beyond the realm of possibility — she just needs the right race and the right conditions to fall into place.