Cayman Tai

That single career win came at Ffos Las in June 2024 — now nearly two years ago — and Cayman Tai has not been back to the winner's enclosure since. The form over the last six runs tells a mixed story: a couple of second-place finishes suggest the ability is still there, but so do those fifth-place efforts, and the pattern of getting close without converting is well established by now. In the Class 4 races where Cayman Tai most often competes — a solid mid-tier level — the record reads 0 wins from 9 attempts. That is the kind of stat that raises a quiet question about whether this horse simply finds one or two too good on the day, or whether winning at that level is genuinely beyond it right now.

Cayman Tai is trained by Richard Hannon at Herridge in Wiltshire, and it is worth noting the scale of the operation this horse belongs to. Hannon's yard has sent out 118 winners already this season — that is a yard firing on all cylinders, with no shortage of talent moving through it. Regular partner Joe Leavy has been aboard for 11 of those 24 races, winning 1 of them, roughly 1 in every 11 rides together. Neither figure stands out, but the combination keeps being tried, which suggests the team sees something they like. Cayman Tai raced just one day ago, so whatever comes next is very close indeed.