The recent form, though, tells a harder story. Over the last 6 races, the finishing positions read 9th, 8th, 15th, 15th, 14th, 14th — consistently towards the back of the field, with little sign of improvement. Those are not near-misses. Finishing 14th or 15th means the horse is being beaten by a wide margin, and doing it repeatedly suggests something is not clicking right now, whether that is fitness, confidence, or simply finding the competition too tough.
Trained by Patrick J Flynn out of Carrick-On-Suir in County Waterford, Ardeur is still very much in action — it raced just yesterday. Flynn's yard has sent out 8 winners this season, so the stable is not without form. The question is whether Ardeur can find its way back to the kind of performance that produced that Pontefract win, or whether that June 2024 afternoon is starting to look like the high point of a career that has drifted since.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pontefract Undulating |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 1 Jul | 50% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 21 Oct | 0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 16 Jul | 0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 16 Sep | 0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 8 Apr | 0% |
| York Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 25 May | 0% |