Hexagonal

Over 19 races, Hexagonal has won just twice and finished in the top 3 six times more, which works out to a win rate of roughly one victory every nine races. Not spectacular, but the facts beneath the surface matter more. This horse clearly prefers normal ground — it wins roughly one in every four races (2 wins from 8) when conditions are neither wet nor rock-hard — and it has found a distance it suits: at around one mile three to one mile four furlongs, it has won once from just four races, a 25 per cent win rate that is notably better than its overall record. Get the ground right and get it to the right trip, and Hexagonal becomes a different proposition. The yard has been in good form this season with 13 winners so far, suggesting the team knows how to get the best from its inmates, and Hexagonal's recent wins suggest they have figured out how to play to this horse's strengths rather than against them. At five years old and currently active, there is clearly more racing to come, and a horse that wins one race every few months — especially on its favourite ground and distance — remains a solid servant to follow.