Berlinetta

The recent form reads like a horse caught between promise and frustration. In the last six races, Berlinetta has managed one second place finish and a win from further back, but has also produced some genuinely poor efforts, including a seventh last time out just a day ago. The inconsistency is the real story here: win one day, nowhere the next. That's typical of a young horse trying to find its feet, but at three years old, time is starting to matter. When you've run ten times and won just once, the margins between decent horses and truly average ones become very thin indeed.

Trainer Jack Channon's yard at West Ilsley has been in fine form this season with 46 winners already on the board, so the infrastructure and expertise are there. But Berlinetta's record at the lower class of racing — 0 wins from 3 attempts — suggests the horse may need to drop down and find an easier race to build confidence. That Windsor win suggests there is ability in there somewhere; the challenge now is whether Berlinetta can string performances together rather than flashing potential one moment and disappearing the next. At this stage, it's still very much a work in progress.