The recent form doesn't offer much encouragement either. Looking at his last six races, the numbers read 8, a missed run, then 13, 7, 6, and 4 — working back from his most recent outing just yesterday. That sequence tells an interesting story in reverse: he was actually finishing much closer to the front a few runs ago, with a fourth and a sixth, before dropping back sharply to thirteenth, then recovering slightly. Whether yesterday's run (finishing eighth) is a step in the right direction or just noise in an inconsistent pattern remains to be seen.
He is trained by Andrew Slattery, operating out of Thurles in County Tipperary, and the yard is clearly capable — 60 winners on the board this season is a healthy total that shows Slattery knows how to get horses winning. That makes He's Holding Court something of a puzzle. The talent is presumably in there somewhere, given the yard it comes from, but unlocking it on race day has so far proved elusive. The key question now is whether the yard — the trainer and the team around the horse — can find the right race and the right conditions to finally get him his first win.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
4 | 4 other | 27 Feb | 0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 22 Mar | 0% |
| Roscommon Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 11 May | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 24 Apr | 0% |
| Gowran Park Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 5 May | 0% |