Little Ginger

The horse is trained by James Andrew Fahey at Stradbally in Co Laois, a yard that has had five winners this season—a modest but respectable output. It has been four months since Little Ginger last visited the winner's enclosure, which is a long drought for a horse that showed early promise at Kilbeggan. The recent form pattern shows some inconsistency: a second place was followed by a well-beaten twelfth, then a solid third, and another fourth-place finish yesterday. That kind of up-and-down record is typical of a horse still finding its level, somewhere between competitive days and races where it simply cannot get the job done. With racing yesterday and clearly still in active training, Little Ginger remains very much a work in progress—a horse that the yard plainly believes has more to offer, even if results have been thin on the ground lately.