Honey I'm Good

Her trainer, Mrs C Williams, based at Llancarfan in the Vale of Glamorgan, has never oversold her. After her first career win at Chepstow in April 2023, Williams described her plainly as "not a world-beater by any stretch of the imagination" — but in the same breath talked about her great attitude and the fun the yard had already had with her. That kind of candour tends to come from trainers who genuinely like a horse, and it captures Honey I'm Good well. She came from the point-to-point world and slotted straight into racing life without fuss.

The most interesting number in her record is Newton Abbot: 2 wins from 7 races there, which means she wins roughly 1 in every 3 and a half times she visits the track. For context, her overall win rate is closer to 1 in 6. Something about Newton Abbot suits her — the tight turns, the ground, the trip — and it shows. She also does her best work when the ground is slightly soft, winning 2 of 6 races (33%) in those conditions. On wet ground she is a different, more dangerous proposition than her overall record suggests.

The honest caveat is that she has not won in her last 6 races, and her last victory came at Stratford-on-Avon in August 2024, now nearly two years ago. She has been competitive — her recent form reads 2-3-6-2-3-3, meaning she has placed four times in that sequence — but the win has not come. She races primarily at Class 4 level, the middle tier of the sport, and wins roughly 1 in every 6 and a half races at that grade. Her partnership with jockey Isabel Williams, who has ridden her in 10 of her 23 races and won twice (1 in every 5 together), gives her the best chance of ending that sequence. She raced just yesterday, so the yard are clearly keeping her busy. A soft-ground day at Newton Abbot might be all she needs.