Dash Power

The most interesting number in Dash Power's record is buried in the distance stats. At a mile and one to a mile and two furlongs — the trips this horse is most regularly given — the record reads 1 win from 22 races, a 5% win rate. That means even at the distances that suit best, this horse has come up short in 21 of 22 attempts. Class 6 is the level where Dash Power spends almost all of its time, the lowest tier of British racing, and there too the record is 1 win from 37 races. It paints a picture of a horse that competes consistently without ever quite asserting itself.

Lawrence Mullaney trains Dash Power from a yard in Newark, Nottinghamshire, a small operation that has produced two winners so far this season. Jockey Billy Loughnane takes the ride most often, and together they have managed 1 win from 7 races — a 14% win rate between them, which is actually the most encouraging number in this horse's profile, suggesting Loughnane gets something out of Dash Power that others haven't always managed.

Recent form shows a horse that is running consistently without threatening to break its long losing run. In the last six races — placing second, third, seventh, second, sixth and sixth — there are enough minor placings to suggest Dash Power still belongs on a racecourse. The horse raced just three days ago, which speaks to an active campaign. The win at Wolverhampton remains the one moment everything clicked. Whether it clicks again is the question that keeps the team coming back.