Another High Five

The horse runs for the Milnathort yard, which is among the sharper operations in Scotland right now. Lucinda Russell and Michael Scudamore have sent out 49 winners this season alone, a pace that speaks to a well-run stable with an eye for placing horses where they can win. Another High Five typically competes in Class 4 races, the lower levels of British racing where you might expect a six-year-old with experience to start winning. It has run four times at that level and not won yet, which suggests the horse may be just below the standard required even at that modest tier. Still, the recent sequence of placings — three times in the money in the last five starts — hints that improvement is at least possible, and in racing, horses that are consistently close often only need a small slice of luck or a drop in trip to finally get their head in front.