Cayman Tai

What makes Cayman Tai's record particularly telling is its performance in Class 4 races—the type of competitive middle-ground events where decent horses ought to be capable of winning regularly. In nine attempts at that level, the horse has failed to win once, despite picking up places. Its first career victory came at Ffos Las in June 2024, followed by a win at Southwell almost two years later. Between and beyond those rare successes, Cayman Tai has accumulated a long list of second, third, and fourth-place finishes, the kind of results that keep a horse racing but signal a genuine ceiling to its ability.

Richard Hannon's yard at Herridge has been prolific this season with 118 winners overall, so Cayman Tai is far from the trainer's best prospect. Joe Leavy, the horse's most frequent partner in the saddle, has ridden it 11 times and managed just one win together—a 9% win rate that underscores the challenge. For a horse this light on wins and this long without success, racing continues only because it remains eligible for races where it might finally find another opponent it can beat. That may yet happen, but the form sheet suggests it will be some time coming.