Penny Ghent

The profile becomes more interesting when you look at the distances that suit this horse best. Over 1 mile 1 furlong to 1 mile 2 furlongs, Penny Ghent has won 2 of 16 races—a 12% win rate, which is twice the career average. This is exactly the kind of detail that makes the difference between a horse that simply fills a race card and one worth watching. The 6-year-old stays competitive at the lower end of the sport, where it typically races, though tellingly it has never won from 16 attempts at the highest levels of that tier.

Penny Ghent remains active under trainer Simon Whitaker at Scarcroft, Yorkshire. The horse's most regular jockey, Cam Hardie, has yet to ride it to a win in five attempts together, which raises the possibility that a change in the saddle could have contributed to that recent Beverley success. For a horse with a career earnings profile this modest, every win is a small victory in itself—and two in six races suggests Penny Ghent might yet have another good spell in it before the stable moves on to fresher prospects.