Black Dakota

Trained by Daisy Hitchins at Sherborne in Dorset, Black Dakota is part of a yard that has already sent out 14 winners this season, so the horse is in a team with a solid record of getting winners onto the track. At seven years old, Black Dakota is well established in racing and has had plenty of opportunity to break through. The recent third-place finish — just one race ago — shows there is still something to work with, and the consistency of the form suggests the horse knows how to run a decent race. Whether Black Dakota finally gets its head in front will depend on finding the right race and conditions, but for now it remains a horse that puts in solid efforts without quite getting the job done.