Andrew Slattery's yard at Thurles, County Tipperary, has been in flying form this season with 62 winners already, so Queen Aethelflaed is working in a strong stable. Her last win came seven weeks ago at Gowran Park on 12 June, which suggests she has been running since but is still in work and competing regularly. That most recent outing — just a day ago — tells you this horse is active and actively campaigned. Her recent form shows a mixed picture: a fourth-place finish, a second, a win, another second, a fifteenth, and a thirteenth, the kind of erratic sequence you see in a horse that is honest but streaky, still learning where she fits in the pecking order.
For a horse that has earned her place through graft rather than brilliance, Queen Aethelflaed has done enough to suggest that keeping her between a mile and a quarter and a mile and a half, on the kind of ground and in the kind of race where she has thrived once before, gives her a genuine chance to find the winner's enclosure again.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gowran Park Undulating |
2 | 1 win, 1 second | 12 Jun | 50% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 18 Jun | 0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 | 1 win | 9 Oct | 100% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 11 Apr | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 7 Jun | 0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 25 Jun | 0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 19 Jul | 0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 18 May | 0% |
| Dundalk Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 17 Dec | 0% |
| Fairyhouse Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 1 Jul | 0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 | 1 other | 28 Jul | 0% |