Jennifer Jane

Her record on fast, dry ground is the detail that really stands out. On those conditions she has won 2 of her 3 races — that is a two-thirds win rate, and it tells you something important: when the sun has been out and the ground has dried up, she has been almost impossible to beat. Her first win came at Wetherby in June 2025, and she followed that up with a win at Newmarket just this week, so she is in the form of her life right now.

She is trained by Charlie Johnston at Middleham Moor in North Yorkshire, and this season the yard has sent out 128 winners — which gives you a sense of the operation Jennifer Jane is part of. Johnston spoke about her earlier this spring and was candid about the fact that she had grown a lot over the winter and was a little on the weak side through the early months of the year, so they hadn't pushed her too hard. She showed enough in a racecourse gallop to suggest the real version of her was coming, and the Newmarket win this week has backed that up.

What is particularly intriguing is what Johnston said about her future. She is likely to step up in distance — from a mile to around a mile and a quarter — and physically he feels that is where she is headed. Horses that improve with age and distance are often the ones who end up running in the bigger races by summer and autumn, and with a trainer sending out winners at the rate Johnston's yard currently is, Jennifer Jane looks very much like a horse to keep on your radar.