What is harder to explain is the inconsistency. That run of form — 11th, 4th, 18th, 2nd, 9th — is all over the place. A near-miss second followed almost immediately by a finish deep in the field tells you this is a horse whose performances vary wildly from one race to the next. Trainers and owners tend to find that more frustrating than a horse that runs steadily in mid-table, because you can see what it is capable of on its best day and wonder why it does not produce that more often.
Jack W Davison, who trains Navinsky out of Dunboyne in County Meath, has sent out 8 winners this season, so the yard clearly knows how to get a horse to the line first. Navinsky raced just yesterday, meaning this is a horse right in the middle of an active campaign, and Davison is clearly still trying to find the right opportunity to get the win the form suggests should be possible. The key question is whether that second-place run was a sign of things to come or just a brief glimpse of potential that has yet to be realised consistently.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 1 Jun | 0% |
| Ballinrobe Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 8 May | 0% |
| Galway Tight |
1 | 1 other | 2 Aug | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 6 Sep | 0% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 15 Mar | 0% |