Spioradalta

The horse runs best over middle distances, between 1 mile 1 furlong and 1 mile 2 furlongs, winning 7 of 21 races at that trip (33 percent), which tells you where the yard should be aiming. Trained by Mark Walford at Sheriff Hutton in North Yorkshire, Spioradalta typically races in Class 4 company, where its win rate drops to 13 percent (3 wins from 23), suggesting the horse is meeting its level. Regular jockey Jack Garritty has partnered the horse 11 times for 2 wins, a workmanlike return of 18 percent. The partnership between horse and rider is competent but unremarkable.

Recent form has been patchy. In the last six races, Spioradalta has managed one second place but otherwise finished well down the field, including an eleventh and an eleventh in the past four starts. The horse raced just yesterday, which means it is still being campaigned actively by the yard. For a six-year-old with a decade of racing behind it and a record of roughly one win per five attempts, Spioradalta is a steady, dependable sort—the kind of horse that will always give its the yard a clear idea of where it is capable of winning, even if those opportunities are becoming sparser as time goes on.