Anthropologist

Michael Herrington's yard at Willoughton has built a solid season with 33 winners, and Anthropologist remains an active part of those plans, having raced as recently as yesterday. The horse performs noticeably better over the mile and one furlong to mile and two furlongs range, where he has won once from four races—a 25% win rate that suggests he finds his rhythm at that distance. However, Anthropologist typically races in Class 5 company, where he has managed just one win from 14 races, which tells you he is well below the elite level but still useful in the right circumstances. Jason Hart, his most frequent jockey, has partnered him eight times with one win, a relationship that has not yet produced consistent results. Recent form has been mixed: a first-place finish followed by a sixth, a fourth, an eighth, another fourth, and then a third, the sort of inconsistency that marks a horse who is neither a lost cause nor a genuine prospect. Newcastle is where he earns his place in the yard.