Anushka

Her recent form tells an interesting story. Reading from her latest race backwards, the sequence runs 1-1-3-6 — meaning she has back-to-back wins at the top of that record, followed by a third and a sixth. That kind of improvement from a messy start to consecutive victories suggests a horse that has grown into herself and started to understand what racing asks of her. She raced just one day ago, so she is very much a horse in the middle of an active campaign right now.

She is trained by Henry De Bromhead at his yard in Knockeen, County Waterford — one of the most respected operations in Irish racing. With 107 winners already sent out this season alone, De Bromhead's team is running at a formidable rate, and having a yard of that quality behind a young horse like Anushka matters. Horses trained there tend to be well-placed and given every opportunity to succeed, so the fact that Anushka is already winning races rather than just making up the numbers is an encouraging sign for what comes next.