High Favour

The recent form makes for difficult reading too. Over the last six races, High Favour has finished 5th, 10th, 11th, 10th, 9th, and 6th — working backwards from the most recent run. That fifth place is the closest thing to a bright spot, and even that came earlier in the sequence rather than as a sign of improving momentum. The trend, if anything, points in the wrong direction. The horse ran just one day ago, so it is clearly in active training and the team at Lewes have not given up on finding the right opportunity.

That yard belongs to Camilla Poulton, a trainer based in East Sussex who has sent out two winners so far this season. It is a modest operation by any measure, and High Favour has been kept at the lowest level of British racing — Class 6, which is essentially the entry level — without managing to win in three attempts there. Winning even at that level requires a horse to be competitive, and so far High Favour has not been able to show that consistently.

The honest assessment is that this is a horse yet to prove itself in any meaningful way. No wins, no places, and a recent run of finishing well down the field. What keeps things interesting is simply that it is still racing — there was a run just yesterday, which means Poulton clearly believes there is something worth persevering with. Sometimes horses do click into form without much warning. High Favour will need to do exactly that.