Nad Alshiba Snow

The partnership with jockey Marco Ghiani has produced five races together and zero wins, which mirrors the horse's overall record pretty faithfully. It is not a combination that has clicked yet, and with 0 wins from 5 attempts between them, there is no obvious reason to think the dynamic is about to change without something shifting elsewhere.

Trainer Mike Murphy operates out of Westoning in Bedfordshire, and the yard has sent out 14 winners this season, so this is clearly not a stable short of ability. That makes Nad Alshiba Snow something of a puzzle — trained somewhere that clearly knows how to produce winners, yet unable to land one itself. The horse typically competes at Class 6, the lowest tier of British racing, and has gone 0 from 8 at that level. Winning at Class 6 is the most accessible target the sport offers, so running 8 times there without success tells its own story.

Raced just one day ago and therefore very much active, Nad Alshiba Snow is clearly a horse whose team believe there is a win in there somewhere. That faith may yet be rewarded, but after 20 races the question is no longer whether the horse is unlucky — it is whether the right combination of conditions, track, and tactics has simply never arrived at once. Patience, clearly, is not in short supply.