What does work for Torfrida is distance and track type. Over the 5-furlong to 6½-furlong range — shorter, sharper races — the record improves to 1 win from 9 attempts, which is nearly double the overall rate. Doncaster, where that sole victory came, also appears to suit: the horse won there once from a small sample size, enough to suggest the track's characteristics fit. When racing in Class 5 events, the standard lower-tier races, Torfrida wins roughly 1 in 9 times — again, fractionally better than the career average.
Shane Kelly, the horse's most regular rider with seven mounts, has won once aboard Torfrida — a 14% win rate that marginally outperforms the horse's general form. Trainer Pam Sly, based in Thorney, Cambridgeshire, has had a modest but active season with seven winners from the yard overall. Torfrida raced just a day ago and remains in active work, though the lack of a win in the last six races suggests the horse is still searching for a return to the form that produced that victory nearly four years ago. At this stage of its career, finding another winner would require everything to align just right: the right distance, the right track, the right opposition.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster Galloping |
3 | 1 win, 2 other | 17 Aug | 33.3% |
| Southwell Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 26 Sep | 0% |
| Pontefract Undulating |
3 | 1 second, 2 other | 8 Jul | 0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
3 | 1 second, 1 third, 1 other | 13 Aug | 0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 24 Jun | 0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 28 Apr | 0% |