Best Women
Best Women is a seven-year-old who finally found the winner's enclosure five months ago at Fakenham, and has been searching for a second victory ever since. Her record stands at one win and four places from five races — a modest return, but the pattern of her form tells a more interesting story than the bare statistics. She's won just 1 of her last 5 races (20% win rate), but she has finished in the placings in 4 of those 5 outings, which suggests a horse capable of running consistently without quite delivering the knockout blow.Based on TrackLab's analysis
📊 Key numbers
Career totals for this horse
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this horse's career and recent runs
The real promise lies in her performance over the longer distances. When the race stretches beyond two miles, Best Women has a win rate of 33% — winning 1 from every 3 attempts. That is genuinely strong form for a horse at her level, and it hints that stamina suits her. Her lone career victory came at Fakenham in May, a course where she may yet prove profitable, though five months without another win suggests the step up in class or the specifics of recent opposition have worked against her.
Trained by Alex Hales at Edgcote in Oxfordshire, Best Women is part of a yard that has been in decent form this season with 12 winners already saddled. Racing actively — she was out just yesterday — she remains a genuine contender in the right race. The challenge is finding the conditions and the trip where her stamina advantage can shine through. At seven, she is still in her prime, and for a horse with her record, another win feels overdue rather than impossible.
⚡ Strengths and risks
What helps this horse and what to watch out for
✓ What works in their favour
✔ Well suited by Long Distance (2m+) distances: 33% win rate
🎯 Where this horse runs best
Results split by ground, distance, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
📏 Race distance
Long Distance (2M+)
Loves
🏅 Race level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
📅 Recent runs
The last 10 races, most recent first
12 Oct
2nd
Worcester
Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft · 8 runners
4 May
🏆 Won
Fakenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 5 runners
6 Apr
2nd
Fakenham
Long Distance (2m+) · Good · 5 runners
20 Jan
8th
Leicester
1m6f – 2m · Heavy · 11 runners
27 Nov
3rd
Uttoxeter
1m6f – 2m · Soft · 8 runners
🏇 Jockeys
Every jockey who has ridden this horse, most rides first
🏟 Course record
Win rate at each course this horse has visited
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|
| Fakenham Tight |
2 |
1 win, 1 second |
4 May |
50% |
| Worcester Galloping |
1 |
1 second |
12 Oct |
0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 |
1 other |
20 Jan |
0% |
| Uttoxeter Sharp |
1 |
1 third |
27 Nov |
0% |