Echalar

The recent run of form is harder to dress up. Six races without a win, with finishes of 6-6-7-10-3-4 working back from the most recent, paints a picture of a horse that is finding it difficult to land a blow at the moment. The third and fourth-place finishes in that sequence show Echalar is capable of being competitive, but converting that into a win has proven elusive since January — now more than six months ago.

Jockey Harry Davies is the regular partner, and their combination is worth noting. Together they have won 1 from 5 races, a 20% win rate — roughly 1 in 5 — which is considerably better than Echalar's overall record suggests and hints that the partnership brings out something in the horse. Trainer Ian Williams, based in Worcestershire, has sent out 96 winners this season, which marks him out as a yard operating at serious volume and getting results. Echalar typically competes at Class 4 level, one of the mid-tier grades in British racing, and has won 1 from 5 races at that level — again, that 20% figure is the most encouraging number in the file. The question now is whether Williams and Davies can find the right race at the right trip to give this horse another day like January at Wolverhampton.