Bella Colombia

The key to Bella Colombia's success appears to be ground conditions and distance. She thrives on normal ground, where she has won 2 of 10 races (a 20% win rate) — roughly double her overall win rate. Over the 1m1f to 1m2f range, she has won 3 of 13 races (23%), suggesting this is her ideal trip. When the ground is right and she gets the distance she likes, Bella Colombia becomes a different proposition. That makes her racing schedule important — her handlers at W McCreery's Rathbride yard clearly know which races to target, and they've shown good judgment picking the Leopardstown win two weeks ago.

Jockey Nathan Crosse has ridden her ten times, though with only one win between them. Regular partnerships don't always work out at the highest level, and Crosse's 10% win rate aboard suggests he may not be her ideal pilot — or simply that the races he has chosen for her haven't played to her strengths. She raced just yesterday, so Bella Colombia is being campaigned actively. At five years old and with 31 races under her belt, she is a seasoned campaigner who appears to have found a winning formula in recent weeks. If the yard can keep putting her on normal ground and at her preferred distance, there should be more opportunities to add to her four wins.