Go Lockers Go

The statistics tell a familiar story of a horse caught between grades. At the tougher Class 4 level, where the best competition gathers, Go Lockers Go has yet to win in three attempts. At easier tracks and lower grades he has shown enough to place regularly—he's picked up four places from his nine races—but winning only roughly one in every nine starts leaves little room for optimism about his prospects. His win rate of 11 percent is honest rather than impressive, the kind of record that keeps a horse in work but rarely makes headlines.

Michael Bell's Newmarket yard, which has already sent out 44 winners this season, will be hoping the horse can find another gear. Three months without a win is not dramatic in racing terms, but combined with last week's poor showing and a recent pattern of mid-field finishes, it suggests Go Lockers Go may have found his level—somewhere in the middle ranks, capable of the occasional surprise but unlikely to progress much further. He remains active and racing, which is something, but he needs to rediscover the form that carried him to Great Yarmouth earlier in the year if he is to become a regular winner rather than an occasional one.