The recent form tells a slightly more complicated story. The dashes in the sequence — 3-–-6-5-–-2 — represent races where no finishing position was recorded, which can happen when a horse is pulled up or unseated. The visible results show a horse that occasionally threatens without delivering: a second place sits in there, as does a third, but so does a sixth, and the overall picture is of a horse hovering just outside the places where it matters most.
Mr L M Kelleher has been the regular jockey, partnering Loyal Praetorian in six of its nine races without managing a win between them. That is a long run together with nothing to show for it in the winner's enclosure, though it does suggest the team believes in keeping the partnership consistent rather than chopping and changing in search of a quick fix.
Loyal Praetorian raced just one day ago, so it is very much a live, active project. For a horse still searching for its first win at six, time is not exactly on its side — most horses are hitting their peak around this age or have already found their level. Whether there is a race out there that suits it well enough to finally break the duck remains the interesting question.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork Galloping |
3 | 3 other | 19 Mar | 0% |
| Limerick Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 16 Apr | 0% |
| Punchestown Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 4 Feb | 0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 8 May | 0% |
| Thurles Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 18 Jan | 0% |
| Clonmel Sharp |
1 | 1 second | 2 Dec | 0% |