Queen Of The Bogs

What gives her profile shape is her course preference. Over distances between one mile one furlong and one mile two furlongs, she has won 1 of 4 races—a 25 per cent win rate at that exact trip, which is twice her overall average. That narrow range is where she runs her best races. Beyond it, she struggles to find the form that got her into a winner's circle fifteen months ago. Her recent form has been erratic. In her last six runs she has not finished better than fourth, with a ninth, two eights, and two out-of-the-frame results mixed in. She placed once, but that was her only sign of encouragement in a stretch that suggests either declining form, the wrong distances, or races beyond her current ability.

Trained by John Joseph Murphy, whose yard has produced 8 winners already this season, Queen Of The Bogs remains active and raced just a day ago. For a horse with her record, the yard are clearly still backing her to find races at her level. Whether that happens may depend on getting her back to those one mile one furlong to one mile two furlong races where she has shown she can run competitively. At this point she is a veteran of the lower-grade circuit, searching for a second win that would finally break her fifteen-month drought.