Anodandawink

The most recent outing came just yesterday, which makes this one of the more active horses around at the moment. That latest run produced a second-place finish, which is the kind of near-miss that will either be a stepping stone or another entry in a frustrating pattern — only time will tell which. A ninth and a third in the same recent sequence suggest a horse that turns up, competes, but hasn't quite found the right opportunity to win.

Trainer Ciaran Murphy operates out of Mullingar in County Westmeath, and the yard is in decent shape this season with 18 winners already on the board. That matters because a horse trained by someone who clearly knows how to get winners out suggests Anodandawink isn't stuck in a yard going through the motions — the ability to win is there at the stable level. Whether Murphy can find the right race to get this one over the line is the interesting question. For a five-year-old with experience but no wins yet, the clock isn't exactly ticking loudly, but it isn't standing still either.