The Ducks Walk

The overall picture is modest. One win from eight races is a 12% win rate — roughly 1 in every 8 races — and a single place finish rounds out a career that has been more about persistence than success. But the recent form tells a different story. Coming into those two wins, The Ducks Walk had finished fourth, then sixth, then tenth, then first — a pattern that suggests the horse was building towards something. After the first win at Gowran Park, it raced again within days and won once more, which speaks to genuine form and the kind of confidence a horse carries after a breakthrough. The horse raced again just a day ago, finishing first, which means The Ducks Walk is actively racing right now and appears to be in the best shape of its career at Gowran Park.

For a horse at this level and age, finding a track where things click is everything. The Ducks Walk has found that place, and in the space of a week it has doubled its career win total. Whether it can build on that is the next question — but right now, at eight years old, this horse is finally giving its the yard something to work with.