Trust Amy

Hanmer, based at Tattenhall in Cheshire, has sent out 19 winners this season, and Trust Amy fits the profile of a horse he clearly has a soft spot for. He picked her up from the breeze-ups — a sales format where young horses are put through their paces in short gallops for buyers — and describes her as a "pocket rocket": not the biggest horse on the yard, but full of pace and notably more settled now than she was at two. Her owner, Simon Boucher, has a fondness for Chester, and it's no coincidence that's where her career has gone best.

The win itself, on 20 September 2025, came with a small tactical wrinkle that tells you something about the care around her. Hanmer had originally entered her in a longer race that day, but stepped back when the ground came up softer than ideal — wet conditions over a longer distance felt like too much of a risk. The shorter race, on ground that suited her natural speed, proved the right call. She won, and Hanmer was, in his own words, "absolutely delighted." The fact that he was "pleasantly surprised" suggests this wasn't a horse the yard had been banking on to win that day, which makes the performance all the more pleasing.

Her overall record of 1 win and 2 places from 11 races — roughly 1 win in every 11 outings, or 9% — looks modest on paper, but context matters. She raced at Class 4 level four times and won once from those, a 25% win rate that is genuinely solid at that tier. Her recent form of 9-3-8-8-5-6 shows a third place mixed in with some tougher days, and she was last in action just yesterday, keeping her ticking over into what looks like an active campaign. With Chester on the horizon and a trainer who believes there's more to come, Trust Amy is a horse worth following — especially if you spot her name in the racecard at her favourite track.