Another Folly

Trained by Jane Williams at her yard in George Nympton, Devon, Another Folly is a regular on the racecourse and was out just yesterday. Williams's stable has sent out 21 winners this season, which suggests the yard knows how to train a winner—yet this particular horse remains stubbornly difficult to crack. David Noonan has ridden Another Folly eight times without a win, and the horse has struggled at Class 4 level, where it has recorded 0 wins from 9 attempts. The bottom line is simple: Another Folly is a horse that runs and runs and runs, finishes close more often than not, but very rarely gets its nose in front. At a six percent win rate—one win from eighteen races—it is the kind of horse that can frustrate an owner but keep a trainer thinking there is just one more race where everything might click. So far, that race has not come back round.