Rockvale

Competing at Class 4 level, which sits in the mid-tier of British racing, Rockvale has gone 0 from 3 at that grade. That is a decent level for a horse of this profile, but winning at any level requires that one day when everything clicks, and it has not arrived yet. Having raced just yesterday, Rockvale is clearly a horse being kept busy, which often reflects a yard's belief that more opportunities mean a better chance of finding the right race at the right moment.

That yard is trained by Sam Allwood, based in Whitchurch, Shropshire, who has sent out 5 winners already this season — a small but productive operation. Allwood is the kind of trainer who tends to know his horses well and places them carefully, so the fact that Rockvale keeps getting entries suggests the team still believes there is a race to be won somewhere. Whether that day comes is the question — but at seven years old, time is not infinitely on Rockvale's side.