What makes the record especially difficult to overlook is where she has been competing. Class 6 is the lowest tier of British racing — the entry-level races where horses are expected to be winning if they are ever going to win at all. Isla Bella has run 12 times at that level and has not won once. That is not a run of bad luck; it is a pattern. Her recent form reads 11th, 3rd, 6th, 5th, 5th, 5th — which tells its own story. She is consistently finishing in the middle of the pack, occasionally threatening, but never quite getting there.
Her most regular partner in the saddle has been jockey Lewis Edmunds, and together they have not yet found the combination that works — 0 wins from 9 races together. That said, Isla Bella did race just yesterday and remains active, trained by Joey Ramsden out of a yard in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Ramsden's team has sent out five winners this season, so the ability to win is clearly there. Whether Isla Bella can add to that tally is the open question. She has shown enough to keep earning her place on the track, but at four years old and with one win to her name, finding a second is becoming a more pressing challenge with every race that passes.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
9 | 1 second, 3 thirds, 5 other | 6 Jul | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
5 | 5 other | 2 Apr | 0% |
| Brighton Undulating |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 28 May | 50% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 1 other | 8 Jan | 0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 27 Oct | 0% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 6 Jul | 0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 20 Mar | 0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 8 Jun | 0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 16 Sep | 0% |
| Doncaster Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 24 Apr | 0% |
| Wetherby Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Jun | 0% |
| York Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 14 Jun | 0% |