Hear The Drums

His most recent outing was just yesterday, which means he is actively racing and his trainer Richard Fahey, who runs a strong yard at Musley Bank in Yorkshire, is testing him regularly. That willingness to keep him in competition is telling: he must be showing enough in training to warrant the runs. His last win came this week at Southwell on August 6th, which is genuinely encouraging. That race came on the back of a run where he finished seventh, suggesting he can bounce back quickly from a poor effort and deliver when it matters.

Over his last six races, he has won twice and finished seventh once, but has also struggled with a couple of double-digit placings. This is the pattern of a horse still learning the game — capable of turning in a decent performance one day, then finding a race too much the next. He has raced with jockey Oisin Orr five times without a win, so there may be an opportunity there for a change of rider to spark something different. With a yard sending out winners regularly and a horse that has shown he can find the line when conditions suit, Hear The Drums remains a work in progress worth watching.