Undefeatable

The recent form makes for interesting reading. After that Sligo victory, the wheels came off somewhat, with finishes of 11th, 3rd, 7th and 10th in the four runs since. The third place shows there is ability there, but the double-figure finishes suggest the horse is inconsistent — the kind of animal that can look the part one day and disappear into the pack the next. That said, it raced just yesterday, so Kevin Michael Smith's yard in Kilmessan, Co Meath clearly has no intention of giving it a long break. Smith has sent out 5 winners this season, so this is a stable that knows how to get a horse to the line first.

The partnership with jockey Wesley Joyce is the most encouraging thread to pull on. In 5 races together, Joyce has ridden Undefeatable to that 1 win — a 20% win rate, or 1 in every 5 rides together. That is a notably better return than the horse's overall record suggests, which hints that the combination of this particular jockey and this particular horse brings out something extra. At the distances where Undefeatable performs best — between 5 furlongs and 6 and a half furlongs — that same 20% win rate holds up across 5 races, suggesting the yard has a reasonable handle on where this horse belongs. At two years old, with the Sligo win still relatively fresh and an active campaign underway, there is every reason to think the name might yet start to suit.