Baldosa

The past three months tell a mixed story. Recent form reads 8-6-6-3-1-4, which means Baldosa has shown glimpses of form—a third place not long ago—but struggles to string together winning performances. Wins roughly one in every sixteen races overall, and that July victory at Nottingham remains the only one on the record. The horse has been ridden most often by jockey Faye McManoman, who has partnered Baldosa eight times without a win, which hints that McManoman's style may not be quite the right fit, even if that's often difficult to judge from statistics alone.

Baldosa races for trainer Nigel Tinkler's Langton yard in North Yorkshire, a stable producing 37 winners this season so far, so the horse is at least in a functioning operation with horses winning races regularly. The fact that this particular runner won once at Nottingham and hasn't won since suggests the horse may be searching for the right race and distance combination to return to the winner's circle. At three years old there is time yet, but the win rate of roughly 1 in 16 means the margins in racing are being played out here—a horse good enough to win but not consistent enough to build momentum.