Bloodhound

The partnership with Miss Megan Jordan, its most frequent rider with seven races together, has yielded no winners either, suggesting the problem runs deeper than jockey or handler alone. Bloodhound is trained by Shaun Lycett at Leafield in Oxfordshire, a yard that has sent out just two winners this season — modest numbers that speak to the scale of the operation. The horse competes at Class 6, the lowest grade in British racing, yet has managed no wins from 17 attempts at that level. For a horse that has been racing for years and shows enough aptitude to place regularly, the absence of any victory is striking. Bloodhound remains active — it raced just a day ago — so the search for that elusive first win continues, though at this stage in its career, winning races is beginning to look unlikely rather than simply a matter of time.