Sir Yoshi

The most recent race was just a day ago, so Sir Yoshi is very much still active and in training. Most of those 17 races have been ridden by Luke McAteer, who has been aboard for 13 of them and picked up that sole win together — a win rate of around 1 in 13, or roughly 8%. That's a modest return, though the pair have clearly built up a working relationship through sheer number of runs together.

Geoffrey Harker trains the horse from a yard in Thirkleby, North Yorkshire, and his team has sent out 4 winners so far this season — a yard operating at a modest but steady level. What stands out is that Sir Yoshi has been tried three times at the very top level — Class 1 races, the best races in Britain — without winning any of them. That's ambitious placement for a horse with a 6% career win rate, and it perhaps explains some of the heavier defeats. The honest summary is that Sir Yoshi is a horse who shows up, runs with some regularity, and occasionally threatens — but the winning moment at Tipperary two years ago remains the solitary high point of a career that has yet to build on it.