The recent form makes for interesting reading. Three places from its last six races, including a second and a third, tell you this is a horse that is running consistently without ever quite finding that extra gear when it matters most. The sequence — 6-6-3-6-6-2 — shows two runs where it got competitive, sandwiched around efforts where it was well beaten. That kind of inconsistency can be frustrating to follow, but it also suggests there may be a specific set of conditions that suits it better than others.
Al Jehani's yard has sent out 18 winners this season, which shows there is genuine ability in the operation and that they know how to get horses to win races. High Approval has raced exclusively at Class 5, which is towards the lower end of the racing ladder — these are races designed for horses still finding their feet or running below the top levels. Going zero from three at that level is not a catastrophe, but it does mean the yard will be working to find the right race and the right conditions to unlock what this horse can do. It raced just one day ago, so it is very much in the thick of its campaign right now.
At this stage of its career, High Approval reads as a horse with ability it has not fully translated into results. Three places from seven races is not nothing — plenty of horses never get that close — but the win column remains stubbornly empty. The next few races will be telling.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 28 Aug | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 4 Jun | 0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 3 Jul | 0% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 20 Oct | 0% |
| Goodwood Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 29 Jul | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 6 May | 0% |
| Newmarket Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 14 Apr | 0% |