Ironist

Where Ironist has shown genuine promise is at shorter distances, specifically between five and six-and-a-half furlongs — a range where she has won 1 race from 7 attempts, more than trebling her overall win rate. That is the sweet spot where her form comes alive. In Class 5 company, which is where she typically races, she has managed 1 win from 9 races, a respectable 11% win rate for that level. These figures suggest there is a workable type of race waiting for her somewhere on the fixture list.

He is trained by George Margarson at Newmarket, a yard with genuine form — they have already saddled 11 winners this season. Ironist remains active and raced just yesterday, so the yard clearly believe there is a race still to be won. Whether she can find her way back to the winners' enclosure will depend on landing the right conditions: a shorter race at the distance where she has already succeeded, ideally at a track where the form can come good again.