Seeking Charles

The story becomes more interesting when you look at what suits him. On the longer distances — anything from a mile and six furlongs up to two miles — Seeking Charles finds his feet. He has won 1 of his 4 races at that trip, and it is at those distances where he has looked most competitive. But when Mark Usher's yard has stepped him up to compete in top-class races, the results have been stark: zero wins from four attempts. Seeking Charles belongs in lower-tier competition, where he can still threaten to win, rather than mixing with better horses. His form over his last six races has been patchy, veering between a couple of placed efforts and several defeats, though that recent victory at Epsom suggests there is still a live engine underneath. Trained from Upper Lambourn by Mark Usher — a yard that has already sent out 14 winners this season — Seeking Charles remains a horse capable of winning again, but only if kept in the right sort of race at the right sort of distance.