Better Nature

What matters here is the upward curve in the middle of Better Nature's recent form. After a couple of disappointing efforts, it produced a second-place finish followed by a third, suggesting the horse is learning and improving as a 2-year-old still early in its racing education. Jonathan Portman's yard at Upper Lambourn is a high-quality operation that has already sent out 46 winners this season, so Better Nature is in the hands of a trainer who knows how to develop young horses. That combination — a young horse showing green shoots of form, and a yard with a track record of producing winners — is worth keeping an eye on over the coming weeks.