Call Margot

That victory came at Southwell in April, and it makes sense when you look at where she performs best. Over sprint distances — the shortest, fastest races on the card, under five furlongs — she's won 1 from 3, roughly one in every three attempts. Compare that to her overall record of 1 win from 9 races and you get a clear picture: this is a horse that needs things set up just right. Southwell gave her exactly that — enough pace in the race to let her natural speed do the talking, and she delivered.

Trainer Gemma Tutty, who operates out of Osmotherley in North Yorkshire and has already sent out 20 winners this season, is clearly excited about where the horse is heading. The plan is to take her to York next — one of the most prestigious tracks in Britain — and then potentially to the three-year-old Dash at Epsom, a top sprint race that Tutty's yard won two years ago with a horse called Blue Storm. That context matters: this isn't idle ambition. Tutty has been here before and knows what a horse needs to be ready for a day like that.

The honest caveat is that Call Margot is described as keen — meaning she can be fizzy and hard to settle — which is exactly the kind of quirk that explains a patchy overall record. When a horse like that gets into a race where the pace suits her, she can be electric. When she doesn't, she can burn herself out before the finish even comes into view. Her recent run of form (a second place sandwiched between a sixth and a seventh) reflects that unpredictability. But the team clearly believes they've found the formula, and with a horse already showing she can win roughly 1 in 3 times over the right distance, the next few months could be very interesting indeed.