Justatan

The recent form tells the story of a horse hovering near success but unable to break through. A second-place finish two races ago was the closest Justatan has come in its last six starts, sandwiched between a third-place effort and a couple of further third-place showings. The last two races — a ninth and tenth — suggest the form has dipped slightly, though with a race just a day ago still fresh, there is clearly no shortage of opportunities being found for this horse.

Justatan runs for trainer Emmet Mullins at Bagenalstown in County Carlow, part of a yard that has been in fine form this season with 31 winners already. That's a sign the stable knows how to get horses ready and find the right races, even if Justatan hasn't quite managed to climb the final hurdle in its own career. For a horse that keeps getting placed without winning, that consistency counts for something — it suggests the horse belongs in races and isn't far away from what it's capable of.