Ganthorpe

Recent form tells the story of a horse struggling to build on early promise. In the last six races, Ganthorpe has finished outside the first three five times, with only a seventh-place finish in the middle of that run breaking the pattern of 10th, 7th, 7th, 7th finishes. Raced just yesterday, the horse shows no sign of finding form yet. When stepped up to compete in Class 5 races — a higher standard than where that Carlisle win came — Ganthorpe has failed to trouble the judge, going zero from three. This suggests the horse may have found its level at lower grades and is now struggling when faced with stiffer opposition.

Ganthorpe races for the Easterby yard at Sheriff Hutton in North Yorkshire, a stable that has sent out 55 winners this season and clearly knows how to produce racehorses. That early Carlisle win showed Ganthorpe was capable of racing competitively, but the months since have been a frustrating mix of mid-field finishes and the odd poor run. At three years old, time is not infinite for a horse to prove itself — Ganthorpe will need to rediscover that form that brought success at Carlisle and find a race at the right level where it can break its losing streak.