Sir Griflet

What is interesting about Sir Griflet is not the wins—there are none—but the glimpses of competence that keep coming. In the last six races, two third-place finishes and two more places suggest a horse that can run respectably on the right day, even if it cannot quite seal the deal. Those finishes sit alongside a fourth, a sixth, and a twelfth, which tells you this is a horse whose form is loose and unpredictable. Trainer Dylan Cunha, based at Newmarket, has 45 winners to his name this season, so Sir Griflet runs in a yard with momentum, though the horse itself remains a project rather than a prospect.

At three years old, Sir Griflet still has time to find a race that suits and rack up a first win. Plenty of horses take longer than expected to break their duck, and two placings from thirteen starts is enough to suggest there is something there worth persisting with. Whether the horse can translate those glimpses into a victory remains the open question—but for now, Sir Griflet is a work in progress rather than a lost cause.