An Outlaw's Grace

What makes An Outlaw's Grace interesting is not what he has achieved, but what his trainer Richard Hannon — who has sent out 118 winners this season from his Wiltshire yard — believes he still might. The yard described him as a genuinely talented horse whose career lost direction after that early promise, but also suggested that recent work at home looks encouraging enough to think he could win again. In his last six races, he has managed two placed finishes but no victories, drifting from strong form — a second-place finish — to a run completely out of the placings just yesterday. Sean Levey, the jockey who gave him that early guidance, has partnered him six times and won at a rate of roughly 1 in 6 with him, which is better than his overall record suggests the pair can click when conditions align. An Outlaw's Grace is a horse waiting for something to shift, though at four years old and with so little in the win column, time may be running out for that talented debut promise to resurface.