Weston Court

Both of those wins came in the summer of 2024 — first at Bath in late June, then at Windsor just a week later. Back-to-back wins in quick succession like that suggested something had clicked, a horse briefly in form and enjoying itself. But that Windsor win, now nearly two years ago, remains the last time Weston Court has reached the winner's enclosure. Since then, six races have come and gone — finishing no higher than sixth — and the recent sequence of 6th, 8th, 9th, 7th, 11th, and 9th paints a picture of a horse drifting rather than improving.

The jockey partnership with Liam Keniry, who has ridden the horse six times without a win between them, has not unlocked anything either. That is not necessarily a criticism of either horse or rider — sometimes a combination simply never fires — but it is another detail pointing in the same direction.

Trainer Ronald Harris operates out of Earlswood in Monmouthshire and has sent out five winners this season, which shows the yard is capable of finding the right races for the right horses. Weston Court, though, appears to be testing that patience. Within its most common class of racing, the horse wins roughly 1 in every 11 attempts — 2 wins from 22 races — which is a modest return even by the standards of modest company. It raced just yesterday, so it is clearly still active and being given chances. Whether another moment like that brief purple patch in summer 2024 is still in Weston Court is the question the Harris yard is still trying to answer.