The overall numbers are modest: 1 win and 4 places from 18 races, a win rate of roughly 1 in every 18 outings. Since that Exeter breakthrough, he has run six more times without finding the winner's enclosure again, finishing sixth or seventh in five of those efforts. That recent form suggests the Exeter win may have been a peak moment rather than a turning point, though it is worth remembering he is still active and capable of surprising people.
One of the more striking details in his record is his relationship with jockey Sean Houlihan. The pair have teamed up 13 times together — that is a significant partnership — and have yet to win a race between them. Houlihan was not in the saddle for the Exeter success, which tells its own quiet story. His best results at Class 4 level, where he races most often, also make for uncomfortable reading: 0 wins from 10 attempts at that grade. Exeter, it seems, was the exception rather than the rule.
Linda Blackford trains out of Rackenford in Devon — a small operation that has sent out just one winner this season, which is Rangatira Jack's Exeter win. For a yard of that size, a winner is genuinely meaningful, not just a number on a spreadsheet. It matters. And for a horse who had run 17 times without tasting success, it mattered too. Whether Rangatira Jack can add to that tally is the open question, but at eight years old, with the clock ticking, every run counts a little more than the last.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exeter Undulating |
10 | 1 win, 2 seconds, 7 other | 6 Mar | 10% |
| Wincanton Galloping |
5 | 1 third, 4 other | 1 Apr | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 22 Nov | 0% |
| Warwick Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 24 Apr | 0% |