Shatin Venture

What keeps Shatin Venture racing, and what keeps Linda Perratt's yard at East Kilbride pointing it at the track, is consistency in the minor placings. It has finished in the top 3 eight times from its 24 runs—more than three times as often as it has won. Recent form shows a horse still picking up the occasional money: a second place and a fifth just in the last month, with another second-place finish at the start of that six-race sequence. There is a floor to its ability; it simply does not break through often enough to be called a reliable winner. For a yard like Perratt's, which has sent out 19 winners this season, Shatin Venture represents the other end of the spectrum—not a star, but a regular runner that occasionally justifies the effort to get it to the track. It raced just a day ago, which suggests the team still sees potential in keeping it active.