At The Oche

What is interesting about At The Oche right now is the recent form. After winning at Uttoxeter six weeks ago, the horse has raced five times and not found the winner's circle once, though it has placed in every single race — four seconds and a third. That kind of consistency, where a horse is always close but not quite getting there, often means it is being used in the right races but simply meeting stronger opposition or hitting a patch where the breaks are not going its way. The horse was last out just a day ago, so it is being kept busy, and Dan Skelton's Alcester yard is flying this season with 198 winners already on the board.

At The Oche is not a horse that will set the racing world alight, but it is exactly the type that earns its keep, picks up prize money at mid-tier tracks, and gives its the yard reason to keep it in training. With a win rate that hovers around 20 to 25 per cent and a recent pattern of consistent placing, it remains a horse that could easily post another victory in the coming weeks.