Quisana

The standout pattern in her record is distance. Over the mile-and-a-quarter to mile-and-two-furlong range, Quisana wins roughly one in every four races — that's a 25% win rate across four runs at that trip, compared to her overall 14% win rate. For a young horse still learning the game, that kind of specificity is valuable. It tells the trainer, Eve Johnson Houghton at Blewbury in Oxfordshire, exactly where to aim next. Johnson Houghton's yard has sent out 42 winners this season, so she knows what she is doing with pattern recognition and placing.

What is encouraging is that Quisana has been in the money — finishing in the places — in five of her seven races. Her last six runs read 2-3-1-2-5-2, which is a mixed stretch but not discouraging for a three-year-old. She was second last time out, just five weeks after her win, and was racing again within the last day or two. She is clearly being kept busy and her trainer clearly believes there is more to come. For a horse with only one win to her name, Quisana's consistency in placing finishes and her clear preference for races around the mile-and-a-quarter mark suggest she is the kind of improving prospect worth keeping an eye on.