Aqpan

Seven months have passed since that win, and Aqpan hasn't added to his tally. In his last six races he has finished second, eighth, twelfth, ninth, seventh and eighth — a run that would defeat most horses' backers. One win from ten races overall is a win rate of just 1 in 10, a record that tells you this is not an easy horse to get right. Yet Varian refuses to write him off. The trainer's ambitions for Aqpan stretch across the Channel to the French 2,000 Guineas, one of Europe's most prestigious races for young colts, and possibly a domestic trial in the Greenham first. He thinks the horse will handle a mile with no trouble at all. It's a bold claim for a colt whose recent form reads like a losing streak, but Varian seems convinced there is genuine class lurking beneath the surface. The question now is whether Aqpan can prove it, or whether that single victory on a damp afternoon remains his one shining moment.