Haworth Star

The profile is modest throughout. Haworth Star spends most of its time in Class 6 company — the lowest tier of British racing, where the fields are open and the competition the least demanding — and has won just 1 of its 11 races at that level, roughly 1 in every 11 attempts. Over its preferred trip of five to six and a half furlongs, the record is 1 win from 9 races. That's a win rate of around 11%, or just over 1 in 9, which suggests the conditions are right but the results still don't come.

The horse is trained by Max Young, based at Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire, a yard that has sent out just one winner so far this season. Jockey Oisin Orr has the best relationship with Haworth Star on paper — together they produced that Newcastle win and have a record of 1 win from 5 rides, which works out at 20%, or roughly 1 in every 5 times they've teamed up. That's comfortably the strongest partnership the horse has had.

Now returning from a break of around four months, the question is whether the time off has refreshed a horse that looked to be running out of ideas in its recent outings. The second place in that last run of six hints there is still something there — it just hasn't found a way to turn near-misses into wins. At this level, with the right conditions underfoot and Orr back in the saddle, another day in the sun isn't impossible. But Haworth Star has been making people wait a long time already.