Eric Larkin

Depeche Mo has run 24 races for Larkin without a single victory. That's a partnership built on patience, persistence, or perhaps simple faith that things will turn around. For a trainer barely three years into his career, this kind of long-term commitment to a horse that hasn't delivered is unusual. Most yards would have moved on, sent the horse elsewhere, or given up. Instead, Larkin keeps running Depeche Mo, race after race, looking for that elusive first win. Whether that speaks to stubbornness, loyalty, or a trainer who genuinely believes the horse has something left to give remains an open question—but it's the kind of detail that defines a yard's character. The real test will be whether Depeche Mo eventually justifies that faith, or whether Larkin's patience eventually runs out like everyone else's.