Ballybay

The recent form offers little encouragement either. Across the last six races, the best finishes on record are a pair of fifth and sixth placings, with a couple of unrecorded runs in between and a twelfth-place finish also on the sheet. That 12th place is the kind of result that raises questions about whether Ballybay is finding races too competitive, too demanding, or simply having an off patch — though with no wins to fall back on across seven career races, it is difficult to identify what the good days look like.

Ballybay runs out of the yard of Murty McGrath, based in East Malling, Kent — a small operation that has sent out just one winner so far this season. It is a modest platform, and results have been modest to match. The team will be hoping the horse can at least find a race where it can show more than it has managed so far.