Starshot

Since that breakthrough, however, Starshot has been searching for a second success. He has not won in his last six races, though he has shown enough consistency to stay competitive — finishing in the top 3 in three of those six outings, including a fourth-place finish at his most recent race just yesterday. Trained by Lawrence Mullaney at Newark in Nottinghamshire, Starshot typically competes at Class 6 level, where he has won 1 of 31 races. That win rate of roughly 3% is low, but reflects the reality that he is a modest performer who tends to find Class 6 company a stretch. His regular jockey is Luke Morris, though the pair have not yet recorded a win together in seven races — a reminder that sometimes even the right rider cannot manufacture magic from a horse with Starshot's limitations. At 15 months since his last win, patience may be wearing thin, but his recent top-3 finishes suggest he remains capable of finding his way back to the winner's circle.