Made In The Woods

The recent form makes for similarly tough reading. Looking at the last six races, the best finish recorded is sixth, with a couple of runs where Made In The Woods didn't complete or finish in the frame at all. There's no obvious uptick in form on the horizon based on what's in front of us, though the horse was out just a day ago, which at least confirms it's fit and active.

G B Noonan is the jockey most associated with Made In The Woods, partnering the horse 11 times and finding the winner's circle once together — that 1-from-11 record mirrors the horse's overall profile fairly neatly. Trainer Norman Lee operates out of Gort in County Galway, and it's been a modest season for the yard, with just one winner sent out so far. That context matters: this isn't a powerhouse operation throwing resources at a prized string of horses, and Made In The Woods fits the profile of a horse that keeps turning up and trying without ever quite delivering the result everyone hopes for.

At nine years old, with one career win and a long gap since that Limerick success, Made In The Woods is the kind of horse that keeps the yard hopeful without ever quite delivering the moment they're waiting for. Whether that moment comes again is the open question — but based on the evidence available, it would take something of a turnaround in form to make it happen soon.