Unico

Her first win came at Chelmsford in September 2023, and her most recent at Brighton in September 2025 — nine months ago now. She tends to operate at Class 5, which is the bread-and-butter level of British racing, and has won 2 of her 18 races at that grade. Most of her best days have come on fast, dry ground, and trainer Chris Gordon has noted that a little rain at Yarmouth actually seemed to help her — jockey Josie Gordon spotting a telling detail in the moment, observing on Sky Sports Racing that a brief downpour had probably worked in her favour.

Gordon, based in Morestead in Hampshire, has had 51 winners this season — a yard clearly in form — and he speaks about Unico with real warmth. She is rated 59, which places her in the lower-middle tier of racehorses, and the plan is to keep targeting all-weather races restricted to fillies, where the competition narrows and her chances sharpen. Her most recent form reads 9-8-8-3-4-1, which tells a familiar story: some struggles, then a flash of her best. She raced just yesterday, keeping her ticking over.

Harry Davies has ridden her five times and won once — a 20% win rate together, or 1 win from every 5 rides, which is actually above her overall average. Gordon has said she can still be a little green and unsure of herself when she hits the front, which is an unusual problem to have but not an uncommon one in horses finding their confidence. The feeling from the yard is that there is more to come, and with the right race on the right day, Unico looks like exactly the sort of horse who rewards patience.