Saffron Dandy

The first win came at Bath in May 2025, but the more recent victory at Wolverhampton in January 2026 is the one that tells you something interesting. Wolverhampton is an all-weather track that runs through the winter, and winning there suggests Saffron Dandy isn't a horse that disappears when the season gets tough. That said, the recent form figures — a string of sixth-place finishes either side of that win — tell a slightly mixed story. This is a horse that can find the winner's enclosure but hasn't yet made a habit of it.

Saffron Dandy races for Richard Hannon, one of the most productive yards in British racing. Based at Herridge in Wiltshire, Hannon's team has already sent out 109 winners this season — that's a machine of an operation, and horses trained there tend to be well-placed and well-prepared. Having a trainer of that calibre behind a three-year-old with two wins already on the board is a solid foundation for a horse that still has plenty of racing ahead. With a race as recently as yesterday, Saffron Dandy is very much in the thick of an active campaign, and there's every reason to think the best chapters of this story are still to come.