Mr Moonshine

His trainers Richard and Peter Fahey, who run a busy operation from Musley Bank in North Yorkshire, will be hoping the Southwell win proves a turning point rather than a flash in the pan. The yard has been in good form this season with 23 winners, so Mr Moonshine is in capable hands. The horse clearly prefers distances at the longer end of the scale—1 mile 6 furlongs or more—where he has managed a win from 6 races, a significantly better win rate than his overall record suggests. He raced just yesterday, so there's been little time for dust to settle, but that frequency of runs shows the yard is keeping him active and searching for another winning opportunity.

The puzzle with Mr Moonshine is why he hasn't found the winner's circle more often given that he finishes in the top 3 so regularly. His one attempt at Class 5, the higher level, yielded no wins from four races, which suggests he may be better suited to lower-grade company where he won that maiden race at Southwell. For a horse that has earned just over a single victory from thirteen attempts, consistency is the real battle—and at three years old, there's still time for that to change.