My Mate Tony

The recent form makes for tough reading. In its last six races, the best finish was seventh, with results as far back as 15th and 16th scattered through the sequence. That kind of pattern — finishing in the mid-to-lower half of the field more often than not — suggests a horse that is competing regularly but finding its level somewhere short of where its the yard would like. To have never won from 15 attempts is unusual; most horses of this age have managed at least one victory by now, and the blank record is the defining feature of this career so far.

What keeps things interesting is that My Mate Tony raced just one day ago, meaning this is a horse very much in active training and still being given chances. Someone believes there is a race to be won somewhere. Whether that faith is eventually rewarded is the only real question left to answer.