Cindy Lou Who

Across her whole career, she has won 4 from 17, which works out at roughly 1 in every 4 races. That is a solid record. She also placed — finished in the top three — a further 10 times, meaning she has been in the mix in 14 of her 17 outings. She is not a horse that goes missing; she tends to show up and compete. Her recent form reads 5-9-9-2-3-1 from back to front, which means after a couple of quiet runs she found herself again, and her last outing was a win. She raced just yesterday, so she is right in the thick of it at the moment.

The partnership with jockey William Carson is worth noting. In 10 races together, they have won 4 — that is 40%, or winning 2 in every 5 times they team up. That is a genuinely strong combination, well above the kind of numbers you would see from a jockey and horse simply getting along fine.

Carroll's yard, based in Cropthorne in Worcestershire, has been in outstanding form this season — 136 winners is a big number, the kind of tally that tells you the operation is firing on all cylinders. Getting her to the track at all was not straightforward from the start: before she ever raced, she hurt herself in her stable and missed an intended debut, which is a reminder of how much patience the sport demands before a horse even sees a racecourse. She eventually got going at Bath in May 2025, won on debut there, and has clearly never looked back at that particular track. Bath suits her, and she suits Bath.