Bluesy Moon

The recent form tells a consistent story: finishes of 12th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 9th, and 7th across the last six races show a horse that regularly finds itself in the middle of the field or thereabouts. There is nothing catastrophic here — no disqualifications or trailing last — but equally nothing that suggests a breakthrough is imminent. Gina Mangan has ridden Bluesy Moon five times without landing a win, and the partnership offers no obvious clue that one is around the corner. Still, Michael Attwater's yard is having a decent season with 27 winners to its name, so the horse is at least in the hands of a trainer capable of getting horses into the winners' enclosure. For now, Bluesy Moon remains a hard-luck story — a horse that turns up every few days, does its job honestly, but has yet to deliver the one result that would change its narrative.