Phaedra

The most striking thing about Phaedra is how much conditions matter to her. On normal ground — not too soft, not too firm — she has won 2 of her 5 races, which is an extraordinary 40% win rate. That is not a fluke; that is a horse that has found her conditions and absolutely thrives in them. The same logic applies to distance: stretch the race out to between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, and she wins 2 from 5 again. She is a stayer who needs a proper test, and when the ground is fair, she delivers.

Her class level is worth noting. The vast majority of her racing — nine of her 21 starts — has come in Class 5 races, which sit near the bottom of the competitive ladder in British racing. At that level she has won just 1 from 9, an 11% win rate, suggesting she can be found wanting even in relatively modest company. Her trainer Joey Ramsden, based in Newark, Nottinghamshire, has sent out 5 winners this season, so the yard is ticking along, but Phaedra has not added to that tally since her win at Ripon on 16 August — now ten months ago.

That Ripon win, and her first career success at Chepstow back in May 2025, represent the high points of a career that has gone a little quiet since. Her last six races read 10-4-2-7-2-2 — two seconds and a fourth in there, but no winners, and that tenth place finish in her most recent run stands out as a low point. She raced just yesterday, so she is clearly a horse being kept busy, and the team will be hoping the right combination of distance, ground, and occasion clicks into place again soon. When it does, history suggests she is capable of making it count.