Too Darn Good

Trained by Henry Candy at Kingston Warren in Oxfordshire, Too Darn Good has at least found a stable in decent form. Candy's yard has sent out nine winners this season, so the operation clearly knows how to get a horse to the line first — it just hasn't happened for this particular one yet. Most of Too Darn Good's racing has come at Class 4 level, which sits firmly in the mid-tier of British racing, and even there the horse has drawn a blank in all three attempts at that grade.

What makes the profile genuinely tricky to paint in a flattering light is that there simply isn't much to work with in a positive direction. A placing here or there suggests the horse isn't completely out of its depth, but finishing third once from eight races — and drifting back to seventh most recently — points to a horse still searching for the right conditions, distance, or perhaps a stroke of luck. Racing just one day ago, Too Darn Good is clearly kept busy, and sometimes that persistence is all it takes before something finally falls into place. Henry Candy will be hoping so.