Tasever

The most interesting chapter of Tasever's story is written at Newcastle, where it has become a genuine course specialist. The horse has won 6 of its 38 races there — a rate of roughly 1 in every 6 runs — which marks a real outlier in an otherwise modest record. Most of those wins came when the horse was ridden by jockey Ryan Kavanagh, who has a 38% win rate (3 wins from 8 races) aboard Tasever, suggesting a strong partnership that may have suited the horse well. Tasever's last win anywhere came at Newcastle on 10 February, eight months ago, when it was last successful in Class 5 company.

Class 5 is everyday racing — the bread and butter of British tracks — and Tasever has won only 2 of 26 races at that level, which tells you the horse operates at the lower end even of modest competition. Morris's yard has been productive this season with 18 winners, but Tasever has not been among the recent contributors. Still, the Newcastle form cannot be ignored: a horse that finds the winner's enclosure roughly every sixth time out at one track is a horse worth watching when it lines up there again.