What does give the horse a flicker of genuine interest is the distance profile. Over the shortest trips — five furlongs to six and a half — Obsidian Dream has won 1 of just 3 races, which works out at 33%, or roughly 1 in every 3 outings. That's a meaningful number. For context, even good horses rarely win a third of their races, so when this horse is asked to sprint rather than grind, something clicks. The trouble is that the overall record suggests those moments of sharpness have been rare and increasingly hard to find.
Moore's yard has been in decent form this season, sending out 17 winners, so the operation around Obsidian Dream is in reasonable health. The horse tends to compete at Class 5 level — the bread-and-butter tier of British racing, a step or two below the top company — and has won 1 of 3 races at that level, again that 33% figure. Racing just yesterday, it remains active and in training, which means the yard are still looking for the right opportunity to coax another performance out of it. Whether that opportunity comes at Bath again, or over a tight five-furlong dash somewhere similar, the blueprint for what works is there in the record. The challenge is finding it again.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 23 Jun | 0% |
| Bath Undulating |
2 | 1 win, 1 other | 26 May | 50% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 29 Mar | 0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
1 | 1 third | 31 Jan | 0% |
| York Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 11 Oct | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 26 Aug | 0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 26 Dec | 0% |