Shes Got The Blues

The key to her success appears to be distance. Over the mid-range ground between 7 furlongs and a mile, she has won 2 of 5 races — a 40% win rate that towers above her overall figures. That is the kind of consistency trainers build around. She broke her duck at Leicester in early June, then added a second win at Brighton just over a month later. Since that Brighton victory seven weeks ago, her form has dipped slightly — she has managed three placings and two unplaced runs — but she raced just yesterday, so the yard keeps faith in her and remains active with her.

Trainer Tony Carroll, based at Cropthorne in Worcestershire, runs a powerful operation; his yard has sent out 136 winners already this season. She has yet to prove herself at Class 6 level, where she stands 0 from 6, which may explain why the yard has kept her mostly at lower levels where her two victories have come. At the track where she actually wins, she looks a different proposition entirely. If Carroll can keep her in races pitched at the right distance and class, Shes Got The Blues has shown enough in the past few weeks to suggest there will be more wins to come.