Pension Pot

The most recent run came just yesterday, and looking back through the last six races, there is an interesting shape to the form: 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 3rd, 8th reading from oldest to most recent. That second place and third place show Pension Pot can get competitive, but the 7th and 8th suggest inconsistency is a real issue — on some days the horse simply does not fire. When a horse blows hot and cold like this, it often means it needs everything to fall right: the pace of the race, the conditions, perhaps a particular track.

At Class 5 level — the entry-level tier of British racing, where horses tend to be competing for modest prize money and working their way up — Pension Pot has run 3 times without a win. That is not unusual for a horse still finding its feet, and T D Barron's yard has been in decent form this season, sending out 15 winners, so the training operation clearly knows how to get horses ready to win. The question is whether Pension Pot can put it all together on the right day. At 4 years old, it still has time, but the clock is ticking on that first career victory.