Thru And Thru

The recent form makes for interesting reading. Those finishing positions — 16, 3, 2, 12, 2, 7 — tell the story of a horse that blows hot and cold. The two near-misses, back-to-back second-place finishes, are encouraging, but they sit alongside a sixteenth and a twelfth that suggest Thru And Thru has days where things simply do not click. That inconsistency is the puzzle the team needs to solve.

Trained by Rory Anthony Devine out of Bagnalstown in County Carlow, this is a small yard operating on a modest scale — one winner on the board so far this season. That context matters. Devine is not sending out horses week after week in huge numbers, so each run counts, and Thru And Thru is clearly considered capable enough to keep racing. The horse ran just one day ago, which tells you the team sees it as fit, ready, and worth keeping active. Whether the next race finally delivers that elusive first win remains to be seen, but after two consecutive second places, it would be no great surprise if it did.