Not So Serious

The most recent form is patchy. Over the last six races, there's been a twelfth-place finish, a ninth-place effort, then a win (the Ballinrobe victory), two unplaced runs, and an unplaced outing most recently, just a day ago. That racing calendar suggests Not So Serious has been kept busy, but the results show a horse that is finding it hard to string together consistent performances. When form looks like that — a flash of success surrounded by failures to trouble the judge — it usually points to inconsistency or perhaps a horse that suits certain tracks or conditions more than others. The fact that both the solitary career win and the last victory date to the same meeting at Ballinrobe suggests the horse may perform better there than elsewhere, though one winning outing at a track is hardly conclusive. What is clear is that across a range of opportunities, Not So Serious has struggled to win again, and without another return to the track where success came easiest, the outlook for another victory looks thin.