Miss Willows

Her most recent victory came at Redcar on 24 September 2025, but that win is now 13 months behind her. Since then, six consecutive races without a top-3 finish suggest she may be losing ground. Her recent form reads 10-7-10-4-8-2—a mix of distant finishes and one fourth place that hints at a horse struggling to recapture earlier form. She raced just a day ago and remains active, so the yard are still hunting for another win, but the longer the drought extends, the harder the comeback becomes. Ben Sanderson, her most frequent jockey, has ridden her seven times and won once together, a modest 14% rate that doesn't single him out as her ideal partner.

Trainer Simon Whitaker's Scarcroft yard has been quietly efficient this season with four winners so far, but Miss Willows has not been the source of any recent success. At seven years old, she is entering an age where improvement is unlikely. The horse remains a viable option in lower-grade company at the sort of distances she prefers, but time is working against her. For now, she is a middle-distance plodder, capable of her day but slipping back toward the margins of the sport.