Dabbling

Trained by Ollie Pears at Norton in North Yorkshire, Dabbling races among modest company — Class 5 level — where it has recorded three attempts without a win. The yard itself is in decent form this season with nine winners to its name, a sign that Pears knows how to get horses ready to perform. At Class 5, where Dabbling typically runs, even the best horse in the race does not win every outing, so two places from three runs there is respectable early work. The horse was back in action just days ago and remains an active runner, which suggests the team believes improvement is coming. With no wins yet but consistent placing form over recent weeks, Dabbling remains very much a work in progress — the kind of horse that springs a surprise sooner rather than later when everything lines up on the day.