Mary

Her two career wins tell an interesting story on their own. The first came at Stratford-on-Avon in August 2024, and the second at Warwick in September 2025 — both tracks in the Midlands, and both suggesting she's most comfortable on familiar territory. That Warwick win is now 10 months in the rear-view mirror, and she hasn't won in her last 6 races since, though her recent form does show two placed efforts in that run, so she's not running badly.

The partnership with jockey Charlie Todd is worth noting — they've been paired together in 19 of her 27 races, which is a real commitment. But the numbers are modest: just 1 win from those 19 rides together, a win rate of roughly 1 in 19. That's a steady relationship rather than a sparkling one.

She's trained by Ian Williams at his yard in Portway, Worcestershire — a operation that has sent out 96 winners this season alone, so this is clearly a yard that knows how to win races. The curious detail is that Mary's best results have come at the level below where she's most often asked to compete. In the tougher Class 4 races, she has gone 0 from 7 — seven attempts, no wins. That's not a coincidence; it suggests the step up in class is just a fraction too much for her on a consistent basis.

She raced just yesterday, which means she is very much in active training and being given every opportunity. For a seven-year-old who wins roughly 1 in 14 races and places almost half the time, Mary is the kind of horse that keeps the yard hopeful without quite delivering the big moment — a reliable performer who, on her day in the right company, is still capable of finding the winner's enclosure.