Hanney Girl

Look at the last six races and you see a horse that went from back-to-back wins to a runner-up and then three consecutive mid-pack finishes. That sequence — 1, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 — is the shape of a horse who hit a purple patch, made her the yard look smart, and has since found life a bit tougher. Both of those wins came in a tight window: Beverley on 29 July 2025, then Ripon just four weeks later on 26 August. Back-to-back wins for a three-year-old is no small thing — it suggests a filly who had found her rhythm and her confidence at exactly the same time.

There is a clear pattern worth noting: Hanney Girl loves fast, dry ground. In three races on those conditions, she has won twice — a remarkable 67% win rate, or 2 from 3. Compare that to her record elsewhere and you quickly understand that when the ground is good and quick, she is a different proposition entirely. the yard will be watching the weather forecasts closely.

Her most trusted partner in the saddle is David Allan, who has won 2 of their 5 races together — 40%, or 2 in every 5 rides. That is a strong partnership by any measure, and it is no coincidence that both of her wins came with Allan aboard. She competes mainly at Class 5 level — the bread-and-butter tier of British racing, where most horses spend their working lives — and at that level she has won half her races: 2 from 4. That is an excellent record and suggests she is well placed by her trainer.

Tim Easterby's yard at Great Habton in North Yorkshire is one of the busiest in the country right now, having sent out 138 winners already this season — a yard firing on all cylinders. Hanney Girl raced just yesterday, so she is very much in the thick of things. The question is whether dry ground, David Allan, and a Class 5 opportunity can come together again and put her back in the winner's enclosure for the first time in eight months.