Izzy Fast

The picture becomes clearer when you look at what distances suit Izzy Fast best. Over the shorter sprints, from five furlongs to six and a half furlongs, the horse is genuinely competitive: two wins from four races over that range, which is a 50% win rate. That's the kind of figure that separates a capable sprinter from the also-rans. It's also telling that both of its career wins have come at Great Yarmouth — a course where it clearly runs well. Two wins from six races there is the mark of a horse that understands the track and has learned how to win on it.

Philip McBride's Newmarket yard has had a productive season, with twelve winners so far, and Izzy Fast is doing its bit to help that tally. The horse is active and racing regularly, which at four years old suggests it still has room to improve and plenty of opportunities ahead. Nothing about this profile screams star in the making, but Izzy Fast is exactly the sort of honest sprinter that gives racing fans genuine reason to keep watching — a horse that knows what it does well and does it often enough to win.