Black Cab

That one win came at Wolverhampton on 26 April 2025, and it remains the only time Black Cab has reached the winner's enclosure in its career. Wolverhampton is an all-weather track that suits certain horses down to the ground — the tight, oval circuit and artificial surface reward horses that find their rhythm early and travel well through a race. Clearly something clicked that day, because Black Cab has not been able to replicate it since, going winless across its last six races.

What saves this profile from being a simple tale of frustration is the form line. Those last six runs read 4-8-9-2-2-3 in chronological order, and flipping that around to most recent first — 3-2-2-9-8-4 — you see a horse that has been finishing second twice and third once in its last three outings. That is not a horse that is out of its depth. That is a horse knocking on the door. At Class 6, which is the entry-level tier of British racing, Black Cab has won 1 from 9 races at that level (11%), but those placed efforts suggest it is far from disgraced. The frustrating truth for the team is that a horse finishing second or third earns next to nothing in prize money compared to winning — close only counts in horseshoes, as they say.

Raced just five days ago and clearly in an active campaign, Black Cab is a horse in the middle of its story rather than at the end of it. The pieces are there — fitness, familiarity with the level, a recent run of competitive finishes. Whether it can turn those near-misses into a second win is the question the yard will be hoping the next few weeks answer.