Frantic

The recent form tells a familiar story: a fourth last time out, then a second, another second, a seventh, a blank, and a third most recently. There's nothing dramatic in those results, just the grinding reality of a horse that regularly gets close but hasn't yet found the winning formula. With Ed Walker's Upper Lambourn yard in outstanding form this season—sending out 76 winners already—there's clearly confidence in the yard's ability to get the best out of what it trains. For Frantic, the question remains whether it will develop that extra gear needed to cross the line first, or whether being a perennial bridesmaid is simply where this horse's ceiling sits.