Its Bobsled Time

The last three months have been a mixed bag. A run three months ago produced its only place finish, but the two outings since then have yielded a pair of double-digit finishing positions — the kind of result that stings a bit, suggesting the horse went backward rather than forward. Those kinds of performances worry trainers because they raise questions about whether the December win was a genuine breakthrough or just a good day. Its Bobsled Time has been out of action for 50 days now, a short break that might have been designed to freshen it up and reset things mentally.

Richard Morrissey's yard has had a modest season so far, which puts the pressure on horses like this one to prove they belong. At 20% win rate — one victory in five tries — Its Bobsled Time is exactly the kind of horse that could go either way: a steady improver about to catch fire, or a limited performer that got lucky once. Right now it looks like a horse that needs to rediscover whatever worked at Naas and prove that December was the start of something, not a one-off.