Argentum

George Bewley's yard in Colby, Cumbria has sent out seven winners this season, so there's form on the trainer's side of things. Argentum typically runs in Class 6 races — the lower end of the competitive ladder — yet has managed nothing but non-winning placings there. Saffie Osborne, who rides the horse most often, has partnered it five times without a victory. Sometimes a horse simply lacks that final gear, or the right set of circumstances, to translate its everyday efforts into a win. Argentum is serviceable enough to race regularly and to finish in the frame occasionally, but the win column remains empty. It remains one of those horses that shows up, tries, and comes away without quite achieving what it needs.