Ray Mon Dough

What stands out is how little daylight there has been between his good days and his ordinary ones. Two wins from eight races is respectable, but they are spread across a year with no real momentum to speak of. The two places sandwiched in his recent form suggest he still has competitive edge, yet he has failed to turn those near-misses into victories. At three years old, Ray Mon Dough is at an age when horses either establish themselves or drift into the lower ranks. Cole's yard at Whatcombe has sent out 8 winners this season, so the trainer clearly knows how to get horses ready, but Ray Mon Dough has not yet shown he is one of them. He remains a horse with enough ability to win races, but not enough consistency to do it regularly. That makes him interesting precisely because he is unfinished—still searching for the form that might prove him capable of more than the odd victory.