Crystal Dagger

Trained by Joey Ramsden at Newark in Nottinghamshire, Crystal Dagger has spent most of its races competing at Class 5, the lower tier of competitive racing, yet has not managed a win from six attempts at that level. The horse's regular pilot is jockey George Downing, with whom the partnership has produced no winners from five rides together. Ramsden's yard has sent out five winners this season, so the trainer is not without form — but Crystal Dagger simply has not been the horse to carry the yard's colours into the winners' enclosure. At this point in its career, the horse appears to be a consistent run-of-the-mill competitor rather than one building toward a breakthrough. Whether Crystal Dagger can finally find its way to a win remains an open question, but the signs so far suggest it may well remain a horse that pays close attention without quite delivering the payoff.