Pina Sonata

The career started at Wolverhampton in April 2025, and since then Pina Sonata has been remarkably consistent. The recent form figures — 7-1-6-1-1-4 reading from most recent backwards — tell an interesting story. That middle stretch of three consecutive wins is the bit that catches the eye. Stringing wins together in racing is genuinely hard; horses face different rivals, different distances, different conditions every time out. Doing it three times in a row suggests a horse that was improving rapidly and finding its level at exactly the right moment.

The partnership with jockey Daniel Muscutt is worth highlighting. In their five races together, Muscutt has ridden Pina Sonata to three wins — that is a 60% win rate, or winning 3 in every 5 times they line up together. That kind of figure between a jockey and a single horse usually means something: a real understanding of how the horse needs to be ridden, when to push and when to wait. It is the sort of combination a trainer loves to keep together.

That trainer is James Fanshawe, based in Newmarket — the spiritual home of British flat racing. Fanshawe's yard has sent out 44 winners already this season, which tells you this is not a small operation finding its way. These are people who know what they are doing, and the fact they have kept Pina Sonata busy and pointed at winnable races suggests they believe there is more to come. The last win came at Kempton Park in March 2026, around two months ago, so the horse has not hit the track since — but with a race just yesterday on the record, Pina Sonata is clearly still very much in active training and on the go.

At just four years old and already with a 50% win rate from six outings, the big question now is whether the team pushes for better company. The foundations are there. This is a horse building a serious record.