Pitney

The two wins tell an interesting story on their own. The first came at Wolverhampton in November 2023, and the second at Chester in September 2024 — Chester being one of the most unusual tracks in British racing, a tight, round circuit where horses with a particular style of running can thrive. Winning there even once suggests Pitney is not simply filling out fields; it found a track that suited it and took full advantage. That win is now 21 months ago, and the current six-race winless run will not escape notice, but ten places in 28 races means Pitney has been competitive far more often than the headline win rate suggests.

The distance range of seven furlongs to a mile is where the horse looks most at home, producing both wins from 12 races at those trips — a win rate of 17%, or roughly 1 in every 6 races at the distances it prefers. That is a meaningfully better figure than its overall record, and it tells you that when conditions suit, Pitney becomes a different proposition. At Class 4 level — the solid mid-tier of British racing — the record reads 1 win from 11 races, a 9% win rate, which is modest but not out of place for a horse at this level facing stiff competition week in, week out.

Michael Attwater trains the yard from Epsom in Surrey, and with 27 winners sent out this season already, this is a team that knows how to get horses ready to win. Pitney raced just yesterday, so the horse is very much in active training and clearly being kept busy. Recent form of two seconds, two thirds, and two fifth places in the last six runs paints a picture of a horse hovering just outside the winner's enclosure — close enough to matter, not quite close enough to grab it. Patience, then, seems to be the word. For Pitney, and for anyone following it.