Steps In The Sand

Over fifty-six races, Steps In The Sand has won just seven times—a win rate of roughly 1 in 8 races—and added fifteen places to her record, which tells you she's a consistent sort rather than a brilliant one. She races mainly at Class 6 level, where she's actually shown something: winning 1 of her 4 races there (25%), which is far better than her overall record and hints that the lower levels suit her better than tougher company. She also clearly prefers normal ground conditions, having won twice from nine races on a standard track (22%), suggesting that when the ground gets heavy and wet, or when it's rock hard and dry, she doesn't fire the same way.

Trained by Ciaran Murphy at Mullingar, in County Westmeath, Steps In The Sand spends most of his time with jockey E Walsh, though they've only managed two wins together from fifteen rides. At seven years old, she's still got some years left to run, and with her yard sending out eighteen winners this season, there's clearly a team with winning form behind her. Whether Steps In The Sand can find her way back into the winners' circle remains to be seen—but on normal ground and in Class 6 company, she's shown enough to suggest she's not quite done yet.