Arvana Belle

The horse runs best over shorter distances, specifically between five and six and a half furlongs, where she has won once from seven races — a win rate of about one in seven at that trip. That is markedly better than her overall record, so there may be something to learn from stepping her back to her favoured yardage. When she has tackled the tougher Class 5 races, she has struggled badly: no wins from three attempts at that level. Arvana Belle seems to be a horse that needs to race at the right distance and against the right kind of opposition to get the best out of her.

Trained by Rod Millman at Kentisbeare in Devon, Arvana Belle is in a yard that has been firing on all cylinders this season, sending out forty-two winners already. That kind of form in the stable suggests the team knows how to prepare horses to win, but so far this year has been a quiet one for this particular filly. She raced just a day ago, so she is still actively campaigned and clearly her the yard believe there is more to come from her — whether that will materialise remains to be seen.