Idomything

Rory Cleary has been its most frequent partner, riding Idomything in ten races and winning once together, a ten percent win rate that mirrors the horse's overall difficulty in closing out races. Thomas Cleary's Athlone yard, which has sent three winners out this season, appears to have found the right distance parameters: Idomything performs best over the longer trips, from one mile six furlongs to two miles, winning one of thirteen races over that range. Yet even at its preferred distance, the win rate sits at eight percent — roughly one win in every twelve attempts. The gap of a full year between victories suggests the horse may be more comfortable in certain conditions or courses than others, though recent form offers little encouragement that another breakthrough is imminent. What keeps Idomything in work is not a pattern of near-misses: the placings have come alongside plenty of runs out of the frame, and the current lack of form — a 10-8-10 sequence in the last three outings — indicates a horse still searching for consistency.