Call Me Betty

Her breakthrough came at Wolverhampton in June 2025, and she followed it up with a second win at Newcastle in October of the same year. That Newcastle win is the one that tells you something useful — it is a track that rewards horses who genuinely stay in form, and she delivered. She has not won since, but the recent form figures tell a more encouraging story than that bare fact suggests. Reading from her most recent run backwards: 14th, 6th, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd. Strip out that one poor run and she has been knocking on the door almost every time out.

Ground conditions matter more than people realise, and for Call Me Betty the preference is clear. On normal ground she has won 2 of her 5 races — that is 40%, which in racing terms is exceptional. She races most often at Class 5 level, the everyday bread-and-butter tier of British racing, and she has won 2 of her 9 races at that level, or roughly 1 in every 4 and a half. That is a solid record, not a flashy one, but it means she belongs at this level rather than merely surviving it.

Her regular partner in the saddle is Connor Beasley, who has ridden her in 7 of her 11 races and won twice — a win rate of 29%, or just under 1 in every 3 rides together. That kind of familiarity between horse and jockey is worth more than the statistics capture; it means he knows her quirks, how she travels through a race, when to ask. Behind the scenes, Michael Dods has had a productive season with 43 winners already sent out from Piercebridge this year, so this is a yard in form and paying attention. Call Me Betty raced just one day ago, which means she is fit, active, and very much in the conversation.