The recent form makes for hard reading. Two of those six runs produced no official finishing position, suggesting the horse either pulled up or was withdrawn early, while the other four produced finishes of 4th, 8th, and 11th — sliding in the wrong direction. The horse raced just yesterday, so it's clearly being kept busy, but busy and productive are two very different things.
Regular jockey Sean Houlihan has been aboard for five of those six races and is yet to taste success with Wishful Wings either, making them an 0-from-5 partnership so far. Trainer Sheila Lewis, based in Brecon in the Welsh hills, has sent out five winners this season from her yard, so she clearly knows how to get a horse to the winner's enclosure — Wishful Wings just hasn't been one of them yet. The horse has run three times at Class 4 level, which sits in the middle of the racing ladder, and has drawn a blank in all three.
There's no obvious angle here that suggests a change of luck is around the corner. No track where it goes particularly well, no distance where the form lifts, no recent upward trend to point to. Sometimes horses find their level and sometimes they find their moment — Wishful Wings is still waiting for both.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludlow Undulating |
4 | 4 other | 22 Apr | 0% |
| Warwick Sharp |
2 | 2 other | 20 Feb | 0% |