Lady Kara

She is five years old and currently in the form of her life. Look at her last six races in reverse order and you see a horse steadily climbing: fourth, second, third, then two wins on the bounce, with only a blip at the very end of that sequence. She raced just yesterday, so this is a yard in full flow with a horse at its peak.

Both of those wins have come at Newton Abbot, and that detail matters. Winning 2 from 3 races at the same track is not a coincidence — it strongly suggests the course suits her, whether it is the shape of the circuit, the ground, or simply an environment she has grown comfortable in. Her first win there came on 27 May 2026, and she went back three weeks later and did it again on 12 June. That is the mark of a horse who knows her job when she gets to a track she likes.

The training operation behind her — Dr Richard Newland and Jamie Insole, based at Elmbridge in Worcestershire — has sent out 49 winners already this season. That is a busy, productive yard, and Lady Kara looks like one of their live tools right now. Regular jockey Luke Scott has been on board for 7 of her 11 races without getting her to the winner's enclosure together, but with two wins already on her record and her current streak, it would be hard to argue she is not delivering.

The one puzzle in her profile is that she has run five times at Class 4 level — one step below the top tier of everyday racing — and has not won once at that grade. Both her wins have come at a lower level. Whether she can bridge that gap is the interesting question hanging over the rest of her season. But with 18% wins overall — roughly 1 in every 5 and a half races — and two wins from her last six, Lady Kara is a horse whose name is worth remembering when Newton Abbot comes around again.