The recent form makes for interesting reading. A second place in the most recent run before yesterday, bookending a string that also includes another runner-up finish, suggests this is a horse that knows how to compete — it just has not found that final gear when it matters most. The sixth-place finishes elsewhere in the sequence are less encouraging, but the consistency of those placed efforts at least shows the horse is not disgracing itself. It raced again just yesterday, so this is a horse that is being kept busy, which usually means the trainer believes there is something worth drawing out.
That trainer is Michael Bell, one of Newmarket's most respected operators. His yard has sent out 45 winners already this season — that is a serious tally, and it tells you this is not a small outfit making up the numbers. Bell knows what he is doing, and if he keeps running The Ubermensch, he presumably sees potential that the bare numbers do not yet reflect.
The one area where the horse has been given real opportunity is at Class 4 level — three races at that grade and still no win from any of them. Class 4 sits in the middle tier of British racing, not the very top but not the bottom either. Going winless in three attempts there is a little concerning for a four-year-old who needs to start converting, especially when the yard around it is clearly capable of producing winners. What The Ubermensch needs now is not more near-misses, but a race it can make its own.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
3 | 1 second, 2 other | 18 May | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 11 Feb | 0% |
| Great Yarmouth Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 11 Apr | 0% |
| Windsor Sharp |
1 | 1 second | 4 May | 0% |