Zoffandia

Overall, Zoffandia has won 2 races and finished in the frame four more times from 13 starts — a win rate of around 15%, or roughly 1 in every 7 races. For a five-year-old still finding its feet, that's a reasonable record, but the more interesting number is what happens when the ground gets soft and wet. On muddy ground, Zoffandia wins at a remarkable rate: 2 from 7, which is nearly 1 in every 3 races. Horses that genuinely relish wet conditions are rarer than people think, and a horse that does can be transformed on the right day.

The one area where the record doesn't flatter is at Class 4 level — the mid-tier of British racing — where Zoffandia has run six times without a win. That's the puzzle the team at Whitcombe will be working through. Trainer Keiran Burke has had 13 winners this season, so the yard is in decent form, and Zoffandia's two wins have clearly come in conditions and at a venue where everything clicks into place.

Josephine Gordon has been in the saddle for nine of those 13 races, winning once together — about 1 in every 9 rides. That's a partnership still searching for its best, though the fact that Gordon keeps coming back suggests there's a belief in what this horse can do on the right day. Zoffandia had its first career win at Kempton in February 2025, then returned to the same track a year later and did it again. When a horse keeps telling you the same thing, it's usually worth listening.