Leovanni

Her record reads two wins and three places from six races, which works out at winning roughly 1 in every 3 she enters — a genuinely impressive ratio at the level she's competing at. Five of her six races have been Class 1, the very top tier of British racing, where fields are deep and margins are small. Winning even 1 from 5 at that level is something most horses never manage. She broke her duck at Nottingham in June 2024, then followed up just a fortnight later with that Class 1 win at Ascot — two wins in two weeks, on the biggest stage available.

The ground matters a lot with Leovanni. On fast, dry ground she has won 2 of her 3 races — a 67% win rate that is extraordinary at any level. That's not a coincidence; it's a pattern. On other ground, she simply hasn't won. When the sun has been out, she's been almost unbeatable. Burke clearly knows this and manages her accordingly.

Her recent form — 4th, 4th, 7th, 3rd — looks like a horse who has gone off the boil slightly since those summer wins, but context matters. After her York run, where she finished a solid third giving weight to rivals, Burke floated the idea of the Cheveley Park as a next step — a race that doesn't go to horses without genuine talent. And crucially, Burke's own words after the Ascot win spoke to something beyond times and placings: he singled out her temperament, calling it extraordinary even among seasoned horses, let alone a young two-year-old at the time. A horse that travels beautifully, finishes races on the bridle, and works powerfully at home between runs is a horse with a future. After a 46-day break, the question is whether dry summer ground can bring the best of her back.