Lady Phoebe

What makes her recent form genuinely interesting is the contrast with that overall record. Her last six runs read 8-2-4-1-4-4 — meaning she has finished second once and won once in her last half-dozen outings. That win came at Pontefract two months ago, in April 2026, and it is her most recent of two career victories. For a horse who has spent most of her career competing at Class 6 — the entry level of British racing — finding the winner's enclosure even occasionally is worth celebrating. The step up in performance suggests she may be finding her feet at last.

The numbers around ground conditions tell a clear story. On normal ground, Lady Phoebe has won 2 of her 8 races — that is 1 in every 4, a dramatically better return than her overall record suggests. On other ground, she has won nothing. So when conditions are right, she is a different horse entirely. Similarly, she appears to relish a test of stamina — over distances of two miles or more, she has won 1 from 9 races, which at 11% comfortably beats her overall average. She is built for a slog.

Her jockey, Cam Hardie, has ridden her in 12 of those 32 races and won once together — roughly 1 in every 12 times they have partnered, or 8%. That is modestly above her career average, suggesting the partnership is a reasonable one even if it has not sparked a transformation. Meanwhile, Nicol's yard has sent out 26 winners this season, so Lady Phoebe is operating within a team that clearly knows how to get horses ready to perform.

Her first career win came at Musselburgh in August 2025, and she followed it up with that Pontefract success eight months later. Two wins from 32 races is a modest haul, but for a horse who consistently runs at the toughest-to-win end of the sport, finding the right race on the right ground is all she needs.