The recent form tells a familiar story. In its last six races, the best Jazz Forever has managed is a third-place finish, with a frustrating sequence of mid-field runs at 14th, 20th, 11th and 12th. These are not the numbers of a horse about to turn a corner. What is interesting, though, is the distance profile. When stepped up to the mile-and-three-furlong to mile-and-four-furlong range, Jazz Forever's win rate improves to one in ten (1 from 10) — a modest but real edge. It is the kind of marginal thing that makes racing work: a horse that finds its level at a particular distance, and the trainer knows it.
Paul W Flynn's Colehill yard has had a productive season with 22 winners, but Jazz Forever plainly sits toward the bottom end of the pecking order there. Still active and racing just a day ago, the horse keeps turning up, keeps trying, and occasionally — very occasionally — gets its nose in front. For a horse that has lasted six years in the game on the back of a single win, there is something quietly resilient about that.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
14 | 1 win, 1 second, 12 other | 9 Oct | 7.1% |
| Navan Galloping |
6 | 1 third, 5 other | 5 Sep | 0% |
| Leopardstown Galloping |
3 | 1 third, 2 other | 3 Mar | 0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 5 Oct | 0% |
| Bellewstown Sharp |
2 | 2 other | 3 Jul | 0% |
| Down Royal Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 20 Jan | 0% |
| Tramore Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 15 Aug | 0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 7 Sep | 0% |
| Killarney Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 16 May | 0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 23 Jul | 0% |
| Kilbeggan Tight |
1 | 1 other | 24 Apr | 0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 1 Apr | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 30 Aug | 0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 | 1 other | 4 Aug | 0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 21 Oct | 0% |