Altareq

The horse's recent form shows a mixed picture. A third-place finish in his most recent outing a day ago was his best result in the last six races, but the placings in between — eleventh, twelfth, eleventh again, and nineteenth — suggest he has struggled to reproduce the form that got him over the line at Ayr. Altareq clearly has a preferred trip: at distances between a mile and three furlongs and a mile and four furlongs, he has won 1 of 7 races, a 14 percent return that is noticeably higher than his overall record. This tells us he is a horse who has shown potential but has yet to prove himself a consistent winner. With Goldie's yard among the season's leading trainers with 88 winners already sent out, Altareq will have every opportunity to add to his single victory, but at present he remains a horse searching for consistency rather than one who has found it.