Get The Value

The two wins it does own are worth looking at. The first came at Stratford-on-Avon in late March 2025, and the second followed at Newton Abbot in May — two different tracks, which suggests this is not a horse that depends on one quirky circuit to get the job done. Newton Abbot was 11 months ago now, and that gap matters. The recent form reads 7th, a non-runner, 8th, 11th, 4th, 2nd — a slide that went from near-miss to struggling, then a faint flicker of improvement with that second place. Whether that second is the start of something or just a blip is the question hanging over its next run.

John O'Shea's yard at Newham-on-Severn has sent out 9 winners this season, which shows the operation is ticking along, but Get The Value has not been one of them lately. The horse's most frequent partner is jockey Nick Scholfield, who has ridden it seven times without a win between them — 0 from 7 is a barren run for any combination, and it is the kind of statistic that makes you wonder whether a change might spark something.

What is perhaps most striking is where the wins have come. On normal ground conditions, Get The Value has won 2 of its 12 races — a win rate of about 1 in 6, which is actually a perfectly decent return. But step up to Class 4 races, the level it most regularly competes at, and the record reads 0 wins from 9. That is a puzzle. It finds its best form in its preferred conditions but has not yet converted at its most common level of competition. Raced just three days ago and still active, there will be another chance soon enough — and somewhere in that record, the case for optimism is there if you squint at it.