Sawpit Sienna

The overall record is modest — 3 wins and 10 places from 33 races, which works out at roughly 1 win in every 11 outings — but there are conditions that genuinely bring out the best in her. On wet or muddy ground she has won 2 of 10 races, a 20% win rate that is meaningfully better than her career average. Put her at Taunton on a soft day and you have a horse that is at least operating in her comfort zone. The last win came at Taunton in January 2024, now 27 months ago, which is a long gap, though she has still been competitive enough to place ten times across her career.

The recent form is harder to dress up. Finishing tenth in each of her last three outings, and no better than fifth in the six races before that, suggests she is finding things tougher at the moment. Robert Dunne, who rides her more than anyone else, has won 1 of their 7 races together — roughly 1 in 7 — which is a touch better than her overall average but nothing that sets the pulse racing.

Samuel Drinkwater's yard in Strensham has sent out 9 winners this season, so the operation is in decent form. Sawpit Sienna races at Class 5 level — the lower end of the sport — where her three wins have all come. That is where she belongs and where any future success would need to come from. At 11, with a career earning shaped at the modest end of the game, she is a horse for whom the stars need to align: Taunton, soft ground, and a good day. When they do, she has shown she can deliver.