Thisonesforyou

The frustrating part is that nothing much has clicked since. That October win was ten months ago, and in the six races since then the form has been patchy: a recent fourth, two fourths, a third-place finish, a ninth, and a fifth. It is the sort of catalogue that suggests a horse still searching for its level, or perhaps struggling to repeat what worked at Leicester. Clive Cox, the trainer sending out winners at a steady clip from his Lambourn yard this season, clearly sees something worth persisting with — otherwise the horse would not still be racing actively. But Thisonesforyou needs to find that form again. The distance sweet spot remains clear: at a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs, it has won one from six attempts, a win rate roughly three times better than its overall record. Get the horse back to that range, and on a track where it has proved capable of winning, and there may be another day ahead.