Notnowlinda

Her last victory came on 9 March 2024 at Hereford, now more than two and a half years in the past. Since then, she has raced six more times without a win, though she has picked up four placed finishes—third place twice and fourth place twice—which suggests she is still competitive but no longer in the winning habit. She was last in the winners' enclosure just yesterday, so the yard are clearly still confident enough to keep running her. Most of her races have been with jockey Harry Skelton, though their partnership has yielded only 1 win from 8 rides together, a win rate of 12 percent.

Notnowlinda is trained by Dan Skelton at Alcester in Warwickshire, a yard that has enjoyed real success this season with 198 winners already sent out. For a horse of her age and level, competing almost exclusively at Class 4, she represents the kind of steady, unglamorous performer that racing depends on—not a star, not a disappointment, simply a horse who turns up, runs her race, and occasionally finds her way into the frame or better. At nine years old, with a long career behind her and nothing left to prove, she is exactly where she belongs.