Thankfully Simmy

The recent form figures of 6-6-4-2-4-5 tell the story of a horse that finds itself in the mix without quite getting to the front. That second place is the obvious highlight, and finishing fourth twice suggests this is not a horse that is simply making up the numbers — it is competitive, just not yet a winner. Racing just yesterday means Thankfully Simmy is firmly in the thick of an active campaign, and there is still plenty of the season left to turn things around.

The horse is trained by the father-and-son partnership of Richard and Peter Fahey at Musley Bank in North Yorkshire, a yard that has already sent out 9 winners this season. That is a useful indicator that the operation knows how to get horses to the winner's enclosure, which will give the yard — sorry, the team — reason to believe their moment with Thankfully Simmy will come. Finding the right opportunity for a horse still seeking a first win is one of the core skills of any good training yard, and the Faheys have a track record of doing exactly that.