Noble Grace

The partnership with jockey James Bowen hasn't cracked the code either. The pair have raced together six times without a win, though it's worth noting they've stuck together, which at least suggests the team believes there's something worth persisting with. Warren Greatrex, who trains Noble Grace from his Upper Lambourn yard in Berkshire, has had a productive season — 50 winners sent out is a healthy return and marks him as a trainer in form. That makes Noble Grace something of an outlier in what is otherwise a busy, successful operation.

The horse typically runs at Class 4 level, which sits in the mid-range of British racing — competitive enough that you need ability to feature, but not the top tier where only the elite compete. Noble Grace has run three times at that level without winning. Recent form shows finishes of sixth and sixth before a run of dashes — races where the horse didn't complete — and a ninth most recently. Racing just one day ago, Noble Grace is clearly active and being kept busy, but the current trajectory is one of a horse that hasn't yet found a race it can win.