Blue Anthem

The interesting thing about Blue Anthem is how selective its form can be. Ridden by Billy Loughnane, it has won two of seven races together (29%), which is a much healthier win rate than its overall record suggests. More strikingly, on fast, dry ground the horse is genuinely competitive — it has won 2 of 4 races in those conditions, a 50% win rate that stands out in sharp contrast to the overall 14%. The horse also appears to suit a specific distance, winning 2 of 6 races between 7 furlongs and a mile (33%), suggesting it has found its comfort zone at that trip.

Trained by Adrian McGuinness's yard at Lusk in County Dublin, which has been prolific this season with 45 winners, Blue Anthem typically races at Class 5 level, where it has won 2 of 8 attempts (25%). That's respectable form for that grade. The horse was still active as recently as one day ago, so the team has not shelved it, and with the right ground, the right distance, and the right jockey, it looks like the kind of horse that could find one more race to its liking — though the absence of a win in sixteen months suggests patience may be wearing thin.