Miss Attitude

Her strongest form comes on fast, dry ground, where she has won 3 of 12 races — 1 in every 4 — a win rate that more than doubles her overall record and tells you everything about where she is at her best. She also has a clear comfort zone at Class 4 level, winning 3 of 8 races at that grade, but the ambitions around her have grown considerably. Trainer Jack Channon, whose yard at West Ilsley has sent out 46 winners this season alone, has spoken openly about targeting the big sprint prizes. Miss Attitude has already beaten a King George Stakes winner in a Listed race this year, and Channon described supplementing her for the Nunthorpe — one of the most prestigious five-furlong races in Britain — as "a bit of a no-brainer". That is not the language of a trainer managing expectations.

Part of what makes her fascinating is how she has to be ridden. She tends to stop when she hits the front too soon, so the team deliver her late, threading a needle in the closing stages rather than kicking on and controlling the race. It is a high-wire act, and when jockey Rob Hornby has been in the saddle the pair have clearly built a genuine understanding around it. Charles Bishop knows her well too — he has ridden her to 3 wins from their 8 races together, a win rate of 38%, which is a remarkable return for any partnership.

Her recent form reads 10-8-5-4-7-12, which looks underwhelming at first glance — she has not won in her last six races and her last victory came at Southwell in March 2025, now sixteen months ago. But she finished fourth at Newcastle not long before a stable tour in April where Channon was bullish about her prospects, and she raced just one day ago, so she is clearly fit and active. She is rated 92, competing at a level where the margins are razor thin. The attitude, it seems, is not going anywhere — and neither is the ambition around her.