Saucy Jane

Her first win came at Beverley in May 2025, and even then Morland was careful to point out that a poor draw at Pontefract the run before had flattered to deceive — the homework at home had already been showing something better was coming. After that Beverley win, the yard was weighing up the Hilary Needler Trophy or the Marygate Stakes at York, and she ended up running in the Marygate behind Secret Hideaway, a Listed race that sits one rung below the very best races in Britain. Morland believes she would have finished closer with a bit more cover, and there's a reasonable chance that form gets tested again, with several horses from that race heading to Royal Ascot.

She did travel to Chantilly for a Listed race in France, but it proved a step too far — she became unsettled in the preliminaries and never quite got into her race. Morland is refreshingly honest about it: she boiled over, the occasion got to her. The good news is she has since had a proper break and was back in light work by Monday, which explains why she raced just yesterday despite the recent downtime.

Her most recent win came at Thirsk on 1 July 2026, a fortnight ago, and her last six runs read 6-1-6-2-4-8 — so a win and a second in there, which tells you she is far from out of form even if the runs either side have been inconsistent. She typically races at Class 4 level, one of the middle tiers of British racing, winning 1 in 4 there. The Listed races she has already been aimed at are a level above that, and the fact Morland keeps pointing her in that direction says plenty about where he thinks the ceiling might be.