Fast Deal

The bulk of Fast Deal's racing life has been spent over long distances of two miles or more, where that sole win came. But even in that preferred territory, the record reads one win from 27 races — roughly 1 in every 27 attempts — which illustrates just how hard a win has been to come by. Class 5 is the level where Fast Deal has operated most often, the everyday bread-and-butter tier of British racing, and again the numbers tell a similar tale: one win from 28 races at that level.

Jockey James Best has partnered Fast Deal five times without finding the winner's circle together, and recent form offers little encouragement — the last six runs include two mid-field finishes and three blank runs. Fast Deal raced just yesterday and remains active, so the team clearly believes there is still something to aim for. At nine years old with one career win to its name, this is a horse that has spent a long time searching for lightning to strike twice.