The recent form figures — 7-5-4-3-3-4 — show a horse that started its career in mid-pack and has gradually worked its way closer to the front. Those two third-place finishes in particular suggest Piazza is knocking on the door, and with a race as recently as yesterday, the horse is clearly in good enough shape to keep running. The question is whether the breakthrough is coming, or whether just missing out becomes a habit.
The trainer is Ollie Sangster, based in Marlborough in Wiltshire, and it's a yard in fine form right now — 46 winners on the board already this season, which is a serious tally and speaks to a team that knows how to get horses ready to perform. Having a horse like Piazza that keeps running into placings without winning isn't unusual for a busy, ambitious yard; sometimes it just takes the right race at the right moment for everything to click.
For now, Piazza is one of those horses that nearly-but-not-quite types will recognise immediately — always there, never quite first. Whether that changes soon is the interesting part.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 7 Aug | 0% |
| Epsom Downs Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 16 Jul | 0% |
| Salisbury Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 4 May | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 29 Jun | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 16 Jun | 0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 30 Aug | 0% |