Reel Power

The distance range where he looks most at home is seven furlongs to a mile, and that's also where his one moment of glory came. At that trip, he has won 1 from 6 races — a win rate of around 17%, which is actually a respectable figure and a genuine bright spot in an otherwise modest record. The problem is that almost everything else he does happens at Class 6 level, the lowest tier of British racing, where he has managed just 1 win from 18 races at a 6% rate. At that level, horses are not expected to be stars, but even by those standards Reel Power has found winning hard to come by.

He is trained by Paddy Butler, whose yard sits in East Chiltington in East Sussex — not far from Brighton, the track where Reel Power has already shown he can win. Butler has sent out four winners this season, so the operation is ticking over. Shane Kelly has partnered Reel Power five times without a win between them, which is not an encouraging partnership record, though it is worth noting the horse's wider struggles make it difficult to pin the blame on any one factor. Reel Power raced just yesterday, so the yard are clearly still finding races for him and keeping him busy — whether a second win is coming is another question entirely.