Spacewoman

What gives Spacewoman hope is the distance at which she races best. Over five to six and a half furlongs, her record improves to 1 win from 7 races — a win rate of roughly 1 in 7, which is materially better than her overall numbers. That single win, eight weeks ago at Newmarket, is the foundation for any optimism about what she might achieve. She's a horse that shows up and places regularly enough — she's been in the frame six times from eleven starts — but converting those placings into wins remains the challenge. Her trainer, Henry Candy, runs a competitive yard from Kingston Warren in Oxfordshire that has already sent out eight winners this season, so there's experience in the stable. For now, Spacewoman is a work in progress: a filly with just enough promise at her preferred distance to keep her the yard trying, but not yet the horse that wins with any real frequency.