Imperfectlyperfect

The overall career record tells a similar story of a horse that competes hard and rarely runs a bad race: 2 wins and 4 placed finishes from 6 races, which works out at winning 1 in every 3 races it enters. That is a strong return. Its best work has come at Class 4 level — the solid middle tier of British racing — where it has won 2 of its 4 races, a 50% win rate that is genuinely outstanding at any level of the sport. Recent form of 2-4-7-1-1 before its most recent run shows a horse that hit a rich vein of form, rattling off back-to-back wins before a couple of less impressive outings.

Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore, who train the horse from their yard in Milnathort in Perth and Kinross, clearly have a high opinion of what lies ahead. Speaking in October, they were careful to point out that Imperfectlyperfect was not fully tuned up when it won its debut race over hurdles — which is a significant thing for a trainer to say. It suggests the performance that secured that win was not even close to its ceiling. The Russell-Scudamore yard has been in excellent form, sending out 49 winners this season, so they know what a horse with potential looks like.

The last win came at Hexham in October 2025, six months ago now, and the horse raced just yesterday — so it is bang in the middle of an active campaign. The combination of a trainer who believes there is more to come, a track where it clearly thrives, and a career record that shows it wins roughly 1 in 3 races at the right level makes Imperfectlyperfect one of those horses worth keeping a close eye on. The name might suggest something modest, but the racing record is starting to look rather good.