The recent form paints a picture of a horse that shows up and competes without ever quite delivering the knockout blow. In its last six races, Vengeance has finished third, fourth, fifth, fifth, fourth, and had one run where no finishing position was recorded — a sequence that suggests a horse hovering just outside the places where prize money gets meaningful. It raced just yesterday, which means it is fit, active, and still being put to work by its team.
At Class 4 level — the kind of races where horses are trying to step up from the bottom tier without yet threatening the top end of the sport — Vengeance has gone 0 from 7, meaning it has never won at the level it most regularly competes at. That is a difficult truth. A horse that cannot win at its most familiar grade, over a reasonable sample of seven races, is one that trainers and owners will be wrestling with in terms of where to aim it next.
At eight years old, time is not on Vengeance's side, and the pattern of near-misses without a breakthrough is one of the more frustrating stories in racing. There is clearly enough ability here to keep finishing in the top five, which is why the team keeps running it — but the gap between placing and winning has proven stubbornly impossible to close. For anyone following this horse, the first win, if it ever comes, will feel like a very long time in the making.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wincanton Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 23 Mar | 0% |
| Exeter Undulating |
3 | 3 other | 17 Apr | 0% |
| Ascot Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 24 Mar | 0% |
| Fontwell Park Tight |
2 | 1 second, 1 third | 6 Dec | 0% |
| Taunton Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 8 Feb | 0% |
| Chepstow Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 26 Feb | 0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 16 Dec | 0% |
| Sandown Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 26 Jan | 0% |
| hereford | 1 | 1 other | 15 Feb | 0% |
| Newton Abbot Sharp |
1 | 1 third | 3 Jun | 0% |