Shadow Run

The horse is trained by Scott Dixon, who runs a competitive yard at Rolleston in Nottinghamshire. Dixon's operation has sent out 33 winners already this season, so Shadow Run is part of an active stable with a solid track record of getting horses across the line. That said, Shadow Run's recent form — a 6-5-2-10-4-2 sequence across its last six races — shows inconsistency. The jump from fifth to tenth is the kind of dip that raises questions, and while the subsequent return to fourth and then second suggests the horse can bounce back, it has not yet managed that final leap into the winner's circle. At three years old, Shadow Run still has time to break through, but nine races without a win is starting to feel like it will take a change in circumstances — a drop in class, a softer field, or simply the right race at the right moment — to get there.