Trained by Bernard Llewellyn at Fochriw in Mid Glamorgan, Change Of Fortune continues to race actively — it ran just yesterday — despite its modest record. Llewellyn's yard has had a decent season with 12 winners to its name, but this particular horse represents the unglamorous end of racehorse economics: it is the kind of competitor you send out knowing it will try but accepting that prizes will be thin on the ground. Jordan Williams rides it most often, having partnered the horse nine times without a win between them, which suggests they share a relationship of mutual understated tolerance rather than telepathic harmony.
The bleak span of 14 months without victory, combined with its recent form — unplaced, then places of ninth, third, fourth, eighth and fifth across its last six outings — tells you all you need to know. Change Of Fortune is not lame or unwilling. It is just ordinary, the sort of horse that fills the middle ground of the sport, paying its way through places but rarely troubling the judge in the way owners dream of. It remains at it nonetheless, suggesting either remarkable patience or the simple fact that there is always another race to try.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ffos Las Galloping |
12 | 1 win, 1 second, 5 thirds, 5 other | 12 Aug | 8.3% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
6 | 1 second, 5 other | 23 Feb | 0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
4 | 1 second, 3 other | 23 Oct | 0% |
| Bath Undulating |
4 | 4 other | 21 Oct | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
3 | 1 third, 2 other | 31 Jul | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 8 Mar | 0% |
| Newbury Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 13 Jun | 0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 22 Sep | 0% |
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 29 Aug | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 31 Mar | 0% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 1 other | 18 Apr | 0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 25 Mar | 0% |
| Hamilton Park Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 18 Jul | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Jun | 0% |