Annie's Angel

Her best distance appears to be somewhere between a mile and a furlong and a mile and two furlongs, where she has won 1 from 8 races at a 12% clip — about 1 in every 8 tries at those trips. That's where her single career win came, and it's the range her trainer Adrian McGuinness will keep returning to as he searches for a second. McGuinness operates out of Lusk in County Dublin and has been in fine form this season, sending out 39 winners from his yard — so this is a stable that knows how to get a horse to win. Annie's Angel just hasn't quite found the right moment yet.

The jockey most associated with her is Dylan Browne McMonagle, who has ridden her six times without getting her back to the winner's spot. That's not a damning record — horses go through dry spells, and jockeys can only work with what they have — but it does underline that finding another win will require things to fall right. She ran just yesterday, which means she is fit, active, and clearly being kept busy. Whether that busy schedule eventually produces a breakthrough or just adds more near-misses to the record remains the question. For now, Annie's Angel is the kind of horse who keeps turning up and occasionally reminds you she's capable — she just hasn't quite done it since that autumn day in Galway.