Whosethebestboy

Trained by Ian Patrick Donoghue out of Clonalvy in County Meath, Whosethebestboy is part of a yard that has sent out 26 winners this season, so the operation clearly knows how to get horses winning. That makes the lack of any return from seven attempts all the more puzzling. His recent runs tell a story of finishing well down the field — a string of double-digit finishing positions, with a pair of fifth-place finishes offering the closest thing to encouragement. He raced just yesterday, so whatever Donoghue is searching for, the search is very much ongoing.

There is not much more the form book gives us to work with here. Sometimes a horse simply needs to find its level, and perhaps that moment is still ahead of him.