Pink Azalea

Trained by John and Sean Quinn out of Norton in North Yorkshire, Pink Azalea operates out of a yard that clearly knows what it is doing — 44 winners sent out this season alone. The overall career record reads 3 wins and 4 places from 12 races, a win rate of 25%, or roughly 1 in every 4 races. That is a solid return, but it flatters the dry-ground version of this horse considerably. Strip out the wet-ground performances and the picture looks far less convincing.

The most recent win came at Epsom Downs on 11 September 2025, which is nine months ago now, and since then the form figures make for uncomfortable reading: 12, 8, 9, 11, 9 — finishing in the back half of the field in every single outing. That run at Epsom was the third win of the career, and it has not threatened to add a fourth since. It is worth noting that Jason Hart, who has ridden Pink Azalea five times — more than any other jockey — has not yet partnered the horse to a win, going 0 from 5 together. That is not necessarily anyone's fault, but it is a pairing that has yet to click.

Pink Azalea typically competes at Class 5, which is towards the lower end of the racing ladder, winning 1 of 4 races at that level. The career began with a first win at Carlisle in July 2025, and the Epsom victory followed two months later, so there was a moment when things were moving in the right direction. Whether that form returns depends almost entirely on what the skies decide to do. Find this horse on a wet day, and it is a completely different animal.