Cherry Baker

Across nine races, she has won twice and finished in the places four more times, which works out at a win rate of around 1 in every 4.5 races (22%). That is a solid return for a young horse still finding her feet, and the recent form makes for encouraging reading: two wins from her last six races, with a second and a fourth thrown in for good measure. She is clearly in good shape right now.

Both wins have come at the shorter end of the distance range. Over five to six-and-a-half furlongs, Cherry Baker has won 2 of her 4 races — a remarkable 50% win rate that tells you exactly where she is most dangerous. Sprint distances suit her; she has the pace to be competitive when the race is over quickly. Her first win came at Southwell in December 2025, and she followed it up with a victory at Chester in May 2026 — two very different tracks, which suggests the wins were earned on merit rather than a fluke of the draw or the ground.

Where she has come up short is at Class 2 level — the near-top tier of British racing. Three attempts, zero wins. That is not a disaster for a three-year-old, but it is a pattern worth noting. The gap between a horse that wins races and one that wins the big ones is real, and Cherry Baker has not yet managed to bridge it when the competition steps up.

She is trained at Newmarket by James Owen, whose yard has sent out an impressive 205 winners this season — a volume that speaks to a well-organised, high-performing operation. A horse coming out of that stable is rarely badly prepared, which makes Cherry Baker's current form all the more credible. She raced just yesterday and remains very much in active campaign, so expect to see her name on a racecard again soon. If the team can find the right opportunity at the right distance, there may well be another win in her before long.