Calling A Star

The recent form tells a mixed story. In the last six races, Calling A Star has won twice but also finished well back in the field—a tenth place and a seventh among the worst showings. There is no clear trend upward or downward, just the kind of inconsistency you expect from a younger horse still finding its feet. Two wins and four placings from those eleven starts means the horse is competitive often enough to earn money most times out, but not reliable enough yet to inspire real confidence.

Richard Hughes, the trainer, runs a serious operation at Upper Lambourn with sixty winners already this season, so the horse is in a yard that knows what it is doing. Whether Calling A Star develops into something worth watching properly, or settles as a decent middling racehorse, is still very much an open question. The Windsor win suggests it could go either way, but the inconsistency in recent form means the horse needs to prove it can do it again before anyone gets too excited.