Horus

That single win came at Lingfield Park on New Year's Eve 2024 — now 18 months ago — which makes it feel increasingly distant. At the level he typically competes at, which is the lower end of the racing ladder, his record of 1 win from 12 races at that tier works out to a modest 8%, or roughly 1 in every 12 attempts. He has been placed enough times to suggest he belongs, but winning has proven elusive.

Sean Levey has ridden him five times and is the jockey most associated with him, winning once from those five rides — a 20% win rate in that partnership, which is actually the best number in Horus's profile. The yard is trained by Michael Attwater at Epsom in Surrey, and it has been a productive season for the operation with 27 winners sent out. That context matters: this is a functioning, winning yard, which means Horus's struggles are his own rather than a reflection of the team around him. He raced just yesterday, so he is clearly being kept busy — sometimes that persistence is what eventually turns a horse's fortunes around. For now, though, he remains a horse more familiar with near-misses than the winner's enclosure.