Top Flight Century

Where this horse shows promise is in the longer distances. Sent out over 2 miles or more, Top Flight Century has won 2 of its 19 races at that sort of trip — an 11% win rate that stands well above its overall average. That suggests stamina is its forte, and when the race stretches out, the horse gets into its rhythm. The problem is consistency. Luke Morris, its most regular rider with six outings aboard, has yet to land a win with the horse, and the yard's recent record — nine winners from a modest training operation based in Co Durham — tells you that David Thompson is producing results, but Top Flight Century simply isn't delivering them often enough to be reliable. Still, in Class 5 company, where the horse belongs, it has managed 2 wins from 13 races, a 15% win rate that shows it can compete at the level it's pitched in. The question now is whether that win at Sedgefield was a genuine return to form or just a flash. The last six races suggest it may have been the latter.