Madame De Sevigne

Her two wins have come over distances between seven furlongs and a mile, where she has a noticeably better record: 2 wins from 14 races at those trips, meaning she wins roughly 1 in every 7 races over that range. That might not sound spectacular, but it compares well against her results elsewhere, where she has drawn a blank entirely. The message is fairly clear — keep her at the right distance and she becomes a different proposition.

The partnership with Oisin Murphy is worth watching. Murphy is one of the best jockeys in the country, and when he has been aboard Madame De Sevigne the results have been sharper — 1 win from their 5 races together, a 20% win rate, or 1 in every 5. That is more than double her overall rate and suggests she responds well to a confident, high-quality ride.

She is trained by John Butler out of Newmarket, a yard that has sent out 27 winners already this season — a sign of a stable in decent form. Her last win came at Newmarket itself back in October 2024, now 18 months ago, and her recent sequence of 3-7-10-4-8-2 shows a horse that has been competitive without quite getting over the line. A third-place finish is encouraging, but the tenth in there is a reminder that she can also have days when nothing clicks.

At Class 4 level — the middle tier of British racing, where most horses spend the bulk of their careers — she has won just 1 from 11 races. That record suggests she is a horse who needs conditions to fall right rather than one who dominates her level. But with the right trip, the right jockey, and a yard in form behind her, she remains capable of making a race of it.