Superstorm

The recent form tells a similar story. Looking at the last six races, Superstorm has posted two third-place finishes either side of a cluster of seventh and eighth places — so the good days are there, but they're outnumbered by the disappointing ones. It raced just yesterday, which means the team are clearly keeping it busy and looking for the right opportunity to turn things around.

Most of those runs have come alongside jockey Mikkel Mortensen, who has partnered Superstorm in five of its eight races without managing to get it over the line. That's not necessarily a damning stat — plenty of horses and riders click eventually — but five races together without a win does suggest they haven't yet found the formula that unlocks this horse's best. The pair will need to find something new if that first victory is going to come.

Superstorm is trained by Charlie Fellowes at his Newmarket yard, and that at least is an encouraging backdrop. Fellowes has sent out 17 winners already this season, which shows the operation knows how to get horses winning. Superstorm typically runs at Class 5 level — the lower end of the racing ladder, where horses are finding their feet or trying to rediscover form — and has drawn a blank in all four races at that level. That's a puzzle, because Class 5 is precisely the grade where a horse like this should, in theory, be competitive. Until it starts turning those placings into wins, Superstorm remains one of the more frustrating projects in the Fellowes yard — talent perhaps there, but the breakthrough stubbornly out of reach.