Evelyn's Garden

The form figures — 8, 8, 8, 10, 5, 8 — tell their own story. That fifth-place finish stands out as the one flicker of promise, but it hasn't been built on. At Class 4 level, which is firmly mid-tier racing, Evelyn's Garden has run three times without troubling the judge once. For context, Class 4 is not the deep end — these are competitive but not elite races — so the inability to find a win or even a place at this level is a concern.

That said, Katie Scott is clearly capable of getting horses to win. Her yard in Galashiels, up in the Scottish Borders, has sent out 17 winners this season alone, which shows this is an operation that knows what it is doing. Evelyn's Garden raced just yesterday, so Scott is keeping the horse busy and clearly hasn't given up on finding the right opportunity. Sometimes it takes a young horse time to mature, to find its rhythm, or to stumble upon a race that suits it — but based purely on what we have seen so far, Evelyn's Garden has a lot of ground to make up, literally and figuratively.