Ramair

The recent form tells a story of inconsistency rather than steady improvement. Reading from the most recent race backwards — 12th, 9th, 6th, 5th, 3rd, 12th — there is a tantalising middle stretch where Ramair briefly looked like it might be figuring things out. Third and then fifth suggest a horse finding its feet, but it has since drifted back into the pack, finishing sixth, ninth, and twelfth in the three races that followed. That kind of regression, after showing a flash of promise, is exactly the sort of thing that tests a trainer's patience.

Having raced just yesterday, Ramair is clearly being kept busy, which suggests the team around it still believe there is a race to be won somewhere. At three years old, there is at least youth on its side — plenty of horses take time to find their level, and some improve sharply once the right conditions click into place. But right now, Ramair has not won a single one of its eight races, and a win rate of zero from eight is a reminder that promise and results are very different things.