Madame De Sevigne

What stands out most is the gap since her last win. She hasn't crossed the line first in 23 months, a spell that stretches back before the calendar flipped into 2025. In her last six races she has not managed better than a third place, and the yard have had to settle for what looks like a permanent role in the supporting cast. The form reads 4-14-–-7-8-3: mostly distant efforts, with one third-place finish at most recent outing just a day ago enough to suggest she is still trying.

Oisin Murphy, one of Britain's leading jockeys, has ridden her five times and won once, a win rate of 1 in 5 that edges above her career average. John Butler's Newmarket yard has sent out 39 winners this season, so the infrastructure is sound. At Class 4 level — bread-and-butter racing for horses of modest ability — Madame De Sevigne has won 1 of 11 efforts. She is a reliable performer who occasionally finds form, but the long drought since October 2024 has pushed her toward the periphery of the action. On the evidence of her distant runs lately, a return to the winner's enclosure looks like a distant ambition.