Calli Black

That single win came at Worcester on 7 June 2025, and it was a long time coming. Jockey James Davies has been the regular partner throughout, riding her in 14 of those 15 races and finally getting the job done on that June afternoon. The pair have been a team for almost the entirety of her career, which gives their eventual win a certain earned quality — this was not a lucky break with a fresh rider, it was two old colleagues finally clicking on the right day.

Trainer David Weston has had a quiet season, with Calli Black's Worcester win standing as the yard's only success so far this term. That context matters: when a small operation sends out a winner, it tends to mean something. At Class 5 — the entry-level tier of British racing — she has won 1 from 7, a rate of roughly 1 in 7, which is actually her best record at any level. That is where she belongs and where she is most dangerous.

Recent form has been patchy at best. Working back from her most recent run, she has finished eighth, seventh, seventh, fifth, and fifth before that breakthrough win. She raced just yesterday, so she is clearly being kept busy, but those numbers suggest she has found it difficult to recapture whatever she found at Worcester. At eight years old, the window for improvement is narrowing. Still, a horse that has raced this consistently and found the winner's enclosure even once deserves a degree of respect — and the team around her clearly believe there is another good day in her yet.