Pilgrim's Progress

What's interesting here is the consistency of effort. Second place finishes are not flukes, and getting there three times already hints that Pilgrim's Progress is running in competitive races where it is competitive enough to get placed but not yet good enough to win. The gap between second and first is often small — a horse length, sometimes less — but it is the gap that matters most. Richard Hannon's yard at Herridge has sent out 118 winners this season, a busy operation with form across the board, so the team clearly believes there is a winner in this horse somewhere. Whether Pilgrim's Progress breaks through soon or remains a horse that runs well without winning will likely depend on finding the right race at the right moment.