Call Margot

The interesting thing about Call Margot is not what she has done, but what Tutty sees in her potential. The trainer believes she is genuinely quick over short distances. In fact, when Call Margot has raced over sprints of less than five furlongs, she has won roughly one in every three races — a 33% win rate that stands out sharply against her overall 8% record. This suggests she has genuine speed, but also that finding the right race at the right distance matters enormously. Call Margot is a keen, headstrong horse, which means she needs conditions and pace to suit her if she is to translate that natural speed into victories. When it all clicks, Tutty reckons she can be "pretty smart," and the trainer has designs on stepping her up to handicap racing at York and then potentially aiming at the 3-year-old dash at Epsom — a race Tutty's yard won just two years ago with another horse, Blue Storm.

Recently, though, results have been modest. Her last six races have yielded one place and five runs with no success, most notably a third last time out before that. It is the pattern of a horse still being figured out, still searching for the right set of circumstances. She raced just yesterday, which means Tutty is keeping her sharp and active. Whether Call Margot can graduate from her current level to win those handicaps her trainer has mapped out remains to be seen, but there is at least something to work with: genuine early pace and a yard confident enough in her to keep running her.