My Mate Tony

The recent form makes for honest reading. Looking at the last six races, two have produced no recorded finishing position, while the others show finishes of 16th, 7th, 9th, and 7th. That pair of seventh-place finishes suggests the horse is capable of mixing it in the middle of the field, but 16th tells you there are days when things simply don't click. Not a single win in those six efforts, which mirrors the career picture as a whole.

What keeps things interesting is that My Mate Tony raced just one day ago, so this is a horse very much in active training and still being aimed at races. At five years old, there is no suggestion of winding down — the team clearly believes there is a race to be won somewhere. Whether that belief is rewarded remains the question, but for now, My Mate Tony keeps turning up, and in racing, that counts for something.