The Ubermensch

That said, it is trained by Michael Bell at Newmarket, and context matters here. Bell's yard has sent out 50 winners already this season, which tells you this is a capable, well-resourced operation that knows how to get horses ready to perform. When a stable is firing at that rate, a horse that hasn't scored yet isn't necessarily a lost cause — it may simply be learning, or waiting for conditions that suit it better.

Still, three races without troubling the judge at Class 4 — the sort of mid-tier level where most horses spend the bulk of their careers — is a difficult picture. It hasn't finished closer than 6th, and the most recent run produced no finishing position at all. The Ubermensch raced 30 days ago and remains in training, so the yard clearly haven't given up. Whether something better is around the corner remains to be seen.