Tap Dancer

The horse shows a clear preference for races over the 1m3f to 1m4f distance, where it wins roughly one in every five races (1 win from 5 attempts). That's nearly four times better than its overall record, and it hints at a horse that needs the right trip to be effective. At Class 5 level—the lower reaches of British racing—Tap Dancer has won one of six races, another area where it performs above its average. The Goldie yard is in fine form with eighty-eight winners this season, so there is solid horsemanship behind the horse, but Tap Dancer itself remains a genuine long-shot in most contests. It raced just yesterday, so it is actively campaigned, but nearly two years since its only victory tells the real story: this is a horse that wins very rarely, and the yard will be hoping that patience and the right set of circumstances might produce another surprise before long.