Carr, based at Stillington in North Yorkshire, has had a productive season with 63 winners already on the board — a yard clearly firing on all cylinders. When a trainer in that kind of form singles out one horse as her personal dark horse pick, it is worth sitting up and paying attention. Superfortress is that horse. His breeding alone explains some of the excitement: he is by Sea The Stars, one of the most celebrated stallions in European racing, out of a mare by Dark Angel, another highly regarded sire. In short, this is a well-bred animal whose pedigree suggests there is more to come.
His recent form tells an interesting story. Reading right to left — from his debut through to his race just yesterday — the sequence runs 2-4-2-7-2. Three second-place finishes woven through those five races paint a picture of a horse that consistently finds itself in the mix without quite delivering the winning moment. The one disappointing run, that seventh-place finish, sits in the middle of the sequence and looks like the exception rather than the rule. Carr's comment that a horse of this size and breeding can take time to fill into his frame and fully mature is a reminder that racehorses, like people, do not always arrive fully formed.
The honest summary is this: Superfortress has not won yet, but it has barely put a foot wrong either. For a horse still growing into itself, with a sharp trainer who clearly rates it highly and a pedigree that promises class, the first win feels less like a question of if and more a question of when.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
2 | 1 second, 1 other | 25 Apr | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 14 Oct | 0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 27 Oct | 0% |
| Beverley Undulating |
1 | 1 second | 12 May | 0% |