Plunkett Street

The one bright spot is distance. Over trips between one mile three furlongs and one mile four furlongs, Plunkett Street has found his level with a win in four races at those distances — a 25 percent win rate that stands out sharply against his overall 11 percent. His sole win in the last eleven months came over the longer trip at Thurles. It is the kind of narrow preference that might guide future racing plans, though there is no guarantee it will lead anywhere. Under his regular jockey Nathan Crosse, Plunkett Street has failed to win in eight attempts, suggesting the partnership has not quite clicked. Trained by Michael William O'Meara, whose yard has managed only two winners all season, this is a horse operating at the smaller end of the racing world — solid enough to stay in work, but unlikely to trouble anyone seriously. The fact that he is still racing at eight, still picking up the odd place, and still winning occasionally means he has proved himself useful enough to stick around. That, for a horse in his position, is about as good as it gets.