Blindedbythelights

The overall career picture is 2 wins and 9 places from 14 races — wins come at roughly 1 in every 7 outings, and that nine-place haul shows it is almost always involved. The frustrating part, if you follow it closely, is that the wins dried up almost three years ago. Both victories came in the same week of June 2023, first at Great Yarmouth and then at Newbury, and nothing since. Thirty-five months is a long time to be knocking on the door without quite getting through it.

The recent form underlines the point neatly. In its last six races the results read 13th, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 4th — a wall of places with that one ugly outlier. Four runner-up finishes in five races is the kind of sequence that makes you wonder whether the win is just around the corner or whether something has quietly changed. The horse raced just yesterday, so it is very much in active service at six years old.

Luke Morris has been the regular partner, riding it in 7 of its 14 races and winning twice — that works out at roughly 1 win from every 3 rides together, which is a strong partnership by any measure. The trainer behind the operation is Sir Mark Prescott, one of the most respected figures in British racing, based at his yard in Newmarket. Prescott has sent out 47 winners already this season, which reflects a yard operating at full tilt.

The honest summary: Blindedbythelights is a reliable, competitive horse that is very good at finishing second and has not forgotten how to win — it just has not managed it since the summer of 2023. Whether that changes soon is the question worth watching.