Electric Lightning

What is perhaps most telling is that Electric Lightning actually wins one in every five races when stepped up against relatively modest fields at Class 6 level, suggesting he has found his proper grade. Yet even there, he cannot string together results. Under Jack Garritty, his regular pilot, the partnership has produced nothing but zeros from six attempts together, which hints at a mismatch somewhere—either in how the horse is being ridden or simply that his best racing is behind him. Mark Walford's Sheriff Hutton yard has had a productive season, sending out thirty-five winners, but Electric Lightning remains one of the few thorns in an otherwise respectable record. Still active and raced as recently as yesterday, the horse is still in work and still chasing that elusive second win, though at this stage it feels less like a prospect and more like a routine.