Miss Mercier

The numbers are stark: zero wins and zero places from four attempts, a 0% win rate that tells its own story. To put that in perspective, even a horse finding its feet will usually stumble into a placed finish somewhere along the way. Miss Mercier hasn't managed that yet.

What makes the picture slightly more interesting is that she raced just one day ago, so this is a horse still very much in the thick of her career. Three-year-olds can take time to develop, and trainers often use early races as a learning exercise rather than expecting a result. Whether that patience is rewarded remains to be seen — but on what we have so far, she has some serious improvement to find.