Atomic City

The recent form tells the real story. In its last four runs, Atomic City has won, finished third, placed second, and then won again. Strip away the rough races and you're looking at a horse that has won two of its last four outings and placed in two others—meaning it has finished in the money in every single recent start. For a 3-year-old still learning its trade, that kind of consistency, especially paired with a second victory at the same course just days after the first, suggests a horse with real talent and the temperament to handle racing.

Joseph Patrick O'Brien's yard at Owning Hill has sent out 160 winners this season, so Atomic City is in the hands of a trainer running a hot operation. The fact that this horse is winning regularly at Cork—and winning there twice within six months—hints that the track suits it, and that's the kind of detail that matters when you're trying to understand what a horse is really capable of. Still young, still improving, and currently in form: Atomic City is exactly the sort of prospect worth keeping an eye on.