Pansy Poe

Recent form tells the story of a horse searching for a breakthrough. Over the last six races, Pansy Poe has finished in the placings twice—a sixth place and a seventh—but has also been well down the field on other occasions, including a 19th. That inconsistency is the real puzzle. This is not a horse that runs the same race every time; it swings between competitive efforts and outings where things simply have not worked out.

Mark Fahey's yard at Cloneygath has been firing on all cylinders this season with 24 winners already, so the infrastructure and support are there. Whether Pansy Poe will finally find a winning race remains an open question, but with fresh racing just a day ago, the horse is clearly sound and still in the game. Sometimes a horse needs just the right set of circumstances—the right race type, the right ground, the right pace—and a losing record can turn on its head remarkably fast.