Rosa Inglesa

She broke through at Chelmsford in September 2025 and last visited the winner's enclosure at Ascot on 11 July, which means she has gone eight weeks without another victory. That is not a crisis—horses have peaks and troughs—but the question is whether she is still climbing or beginning to plateau. The fact that she raced just yesterday suggests her trainer, Charlie Fellowes at Newmarket, believes there is more to come. Fellowes has sent out 21 winners this season, so he is not working with a struggling yard; he backs horses he thinks can deliver.

Rosa Inglesa sits in that interesting middle ground: too good to ignore, not quite elite. Three wins from eight races at her level shows she belongs in competitive company, but the gap between winning regularly and winning at the highest level is real. The next few months will tell whether she tightens up her form or remains a solid, consistent performer who sneaks into the money as often as not.