The form reading of 3-11-2-4-5 is worth unpicking. That "11" — an eleventh-place finish — sits awkwardly in the middle of an otherwise respectable sequence, but horses have bad days just like people do, and what matters is how they respond. Dolo's Star responded with a second place, which is about as clean a bounce-back as you could ask for. Zero wins from five races is the honest truth, but two places from five also means this horse has finished in the top three 40% of the time — it's competitive, just not yet clinical.
The trainer Ivan Furtado operates out of Wiseton in South Yorkshire, and his yard has been in fine form this season with 43 winners already on the board. That kind of output from a yard suggests horses are being managed well and arriving at their races in good shape. For a young horse still finding its feet at three years old, being in the hands of a trainer firing on all cylinders is about the best environment there is. If Dolo's Star is going to find that winning feeling, it's hard to imagine a better moment — the yard is in form, the horse is clearly fit enough to race on consecutive days, and that second place last time out shows the talent is there.
The first win can sometimes feel the hardest to get. Once it arrives, everything changes — the confidence, the options, the prizes available. Right now Dolo's Star is building a profile of a horse that competes honestly without quite delivering the knockout blow. At three years old, with a busy, winning yard behind it and a placed run fresh in the memory, patience still seems very much the right call.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
2 | 1 second, 1 other | 28 Apr | 0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 4 Jul | 0% |
| Thirsk Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 16 Jul | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 11 Mar | 0% |