One More Bottle

What makes One More Bottle worth watching is the partnership between jockey Elizabeth Gale and trainer Lizzie Quinlan. Gale has ridden him in six races, winning one of them—a 17% win rate that is meaningfully better than his overall 4% record suggests there is something to that working relationship. Quinlan's Bolton Mill yard in Cumbria has been productive this season, sending out four winners, and she appears to have found the range for One More Bottle at distances between one mile one furlong and one mile two furlongs. Over those distances, he has won one race from 12 attempts, which, like much of his record, reflects a horse operating at the lower end of the sport but refusing to disappear. He typically races at Class 6 level, where he has managed one win from 12 races—exactly his course record at Ayr. One More Bottle is the kind of horse that wins rarely enough to make those victories matter, and keeps just enough form in reserve to suggest another one might yet come. He raced just yesterday, so Quinlan and Gale clearly believe there is more to give.