Albaydaa

The recent form reads 3-1-2-3 going back through the last four runs, which means Albaydaa has won 1 in every 4 races — a 25% win rate that most racehorses would be very happy with. More to the point, finishing second and third in the other three runs suggests this is a horse that rarely runs a bad race. In a sport where a horse can line up ten times and only briefly threaten, that kind of reliability is genuinely worth noting.

Behind Albaydaa stands the William Haggas yard in Newmarket, one of the most productive training operations in Britain right now. With 175 winners sent out this season alone, Haggas runs a yard that knows how to place a horse in the right race at the right time. When a stable of that quality keeps running a horse, it is usually because they believe there is more to come — and with a three-year-old still finding its feet, that is a very reasonable position to hold.