Veydari

Across 15 races, Veydari has won just once — that's a win rate of roughly 1 in every 15 outings, or 7% if you prefer the number. The one moment of glory came at Pontefract back in October 2024, now 20 months ago, and it hasn't been repeated since. Five placed finishes suggest the talent is there to be competitive, but converting that into wins has proven elusive. At the level Veydari typically competes — Class 4, which is mid-tier racing — the record reads 1 win from 10 races, a 10% rate that tells a familiar story: close enough to keep turning up, not quite good enough to get back to the winner's enclosure.

The recent run of form — second, fourth, eighth, fourth, seventh, second, reading from most recent backwards — shows a horse that finishes in the front half of the field more often than not, but also has days when it fades out of contention entirely. The pair of runner-up finishes are encouraging and suggest Veydari is racing with purpose, but the win column has stayed stubbornly empty through its last six outings.

Regular jockey Ryan Sexton has been aboard for five of those races without finding the breakthrough — 0 wins from 5 together. That's not necessarily a reflection on either horse or rider; plenty of partnerships go through dry spells. But with Veydari having raced just yesterday and still clearly active, the next chance to put things right isn't far away. Fahey's yard is firing on all cylinders this season, and if Veydari can recapture whatever clicked at Pontefract that autumn afternoon, there's no reason a second win can't follow.