Missed Tee

The two career wins came in quick succession in the winter of 2022 to 2023, first at Uttoxeter in December and then at Hereford the following January. That Hereford win was now 39 months ago, which puts into context just how long the winning feeling has been absent. Since then, Missed Tee has been placed four times in its last six races — twice finishing second, twice third — which is genuinely maddening from a racing perspective. The horse is clearly still running well enough to be there at the business end, it just hasn't been able to force its way back to the front.

When Harry Skelton has been in the saddle, the results have been notably better. Together they have won 2 of their 7 races — that's roughly 1 in every 3.5, or 29% — which stands well above the horse's overall career average. For context, a 29% win rate for a jockey-horse pairing at this level is a genuinely strong number, and it suggests that Skelton understands this horse in a way that others perhaps haven't quite unlocked.

Missed Tee tends to compete in Class 4 races, which sit in the middle tier of British racing — not the glamour end of the sport, but competitive enough that you need to be a decent horse to win. At distances between a mile and six furlongs and two miles, it has won 1 from 4 races at that trip, a 25% win rate that marks it out as a horse that travels well over a good honest distance. It raced just yesterday, so it is very much still an active part of the racing scene. The next win may not be imminent — 39 months is a long wait already — but the recent form of consecutive placed finishes suggests the door hasn't fully closed.