Sean Og

The horse runs in modest company, competing mostly in Class 4 races, where his record stands at 2 wins from 17 outings—a 12 percent win rate that reflects the stiffness of competition at that level. Across all forty races, he has won six times and finished second or third a further sixteen times, giving him a reasonable 15 percent win rate overall. What is perhaps more telling is his recent form: he has won twice in his last six races, including that victory at Cartmel last month, and while he has also suffered some heavy defeats in that run, the wins suggest he can still find the form to compete.

Henry Brooke has ridden Sean Og eleven times, winning twice—an 18 percent win rate that hints they work well together, though Brooke is not a regular booking. The horse is trained by Dianne Sayer at Hackthorpe in Cumbria, a yard that has sent out fifteen winners this season and clearly knows how to make the most of a horse suited to the smaller tracks. For a horse now approaching the veteran stage of his racing career, Sean Og has found his level and his track. At Cartmel he is a genuine player; anywhere else, he is a capable if inconsistent performer. That is a perfectly respectable record for a horse of his age and class.