Miss Mercier

At three years old there is still time to find some improvement, and she raced as recently as yesterday, so the team clearly hasn't given up on her. But at the moment, with zero wins and zero places from five attempts, she is a horse who is yet to show the racecourse what she might be capable of. Those middle-of-the-pack efforts suggest she is not completely out of her depth — she isn't finishing last — but the gap between where she is finishing and where she needs to be remains a significant one. Something needs to change, whether that's the type of race, the distance, or simply time, before Miss Mercier starts repaying the faith being shown in her.