Warfleet

What makes Warfleet interesting is not a winning streak but a puzzle. He runs most often in the lower classes — races where the competition is toughest and the prizes smallest — and he has managed just that single win in three attempts at that level. His recent form shows flashes of persistence: a place as recently as his last race, a sixth place before that, and another place the race before. He is clearly trying, and he is clearly capable of at least staying competitive, yet the wins simply do not come. At 6 years old, Warfleet is still active and racing regularly, most recently just a day ago, which suggests his the yard still believe there is something to work with — or at the very least, that he earns his keep on the track. Newton Abbot holds the key to his record: it is where he broke his duck, and it remains the only place he has managed to cross the line first. Whether that track holds some particular advantage for him, or whether that single win was simply a matter of catching the right race at the right moment, only time will tell. For now, Warfleet is a horse grinding away in the lower ranks, hoping for another day like 23 June.