Enchanted Queen

What makes her particularly interesting right now is how recently she found the winners' circle. Her first victory came at Kempton Park on 09 September, and less than a month later, on 02 October this week, she won again at Wolverhampton — suggesting she has grasped something fundamental about racing. Her most recent form tells the story well: a win, then another win, then a second place, a third, and another second. That's the shape of a horse that is figuring things out, stringing wins together, then meeting tougher opposition and running respectably without getting her head in front.

She races for George Boughey's Newmarket yard, one of the busiest training operations in the country — Boughey has sent out 99 winners this season alone — which means she is in the hands of a trainer who knows how to bring young horses through. The interesting wrinkle is that Enchanted Queen has not yet won at the top level; when stepped up to Class 4 races (one of the more competitive divisions), she has run three times without a victory. That suggests her wins so far have come at a lower grade, and whether she can sustain this momentum when the racing gets tougher is the question hanging over her. Still, at barely a day since her last race and with two wins in her pocket already, she is clearly a horse her trainer believes in enough to keep running. That kind of confidence, combined with recent form this good, is worth watching.