Backwithyourown

The recent run of form makes for fairly sobering reading. Looking at the last six races, the best result was a second-place finish, which came sandwiched between a string of fourth and fifth-place efforts and one run where the horse failed to complete. That second place is actually the most interesting data point here — it shows Backwithyourown can get close to the front, but turning that into a win has so far proved one step too far.

What is worth noting is that this horse is clearly still in training and being aimed at races — it ran just yesterday, which means the team around it hasn't given up. At six, a horse still has time to find the right conditions and finally get its nose in front, but the clock isn't getting any slower. For now, Backwithyourown remains one of racing's nearly horses — always in the contest, never quite over the line.