River Edge

Most telling is River Edge's record at the higher level. In three races at Class 5 — the kind of company where wins should come more readily — the horse remains winless. That 0% record at what ought to be realistic territory raises a question: is this a horse that is simply hard to get over the line, or one that has not yet found its perfect race? The two places it has secured suggest there is enough ability to compete, but seven races without a win is a long road. Whether Mason has the horse pitched at the right level, or whether River Edge just needs a kinder race to finally convert an effort into a victory, remains to be seen. The horse is active and recent — it raced just yesterday — so there will be another chance soon enough.