Blake's Lass

Trained by Ivan Furtado out of Wiseton in South Yorkshire, Blake's Lass is in capable hands. Furtado's yard has sent out 43 winners already this season, which tells you this is a team that knows how to get horses ready to win. A yard firing at that kind of volume tends to have its juveniles well-prepared, and the improving run of form — from fifth to second — looks like exactly the kind of trajectory Furtado will be hoping to see continue.

With only two races to go on, there is not much of a track record to dig into yet, but the fact that Blake's Lass raced just yesterday and is clearly being kept active suggests the team sees this as a horse worth persisting with. The step forward between those two runs is the most interesting detail here — horses that improve sharply in their early races are often the ones that click into gear when everything comes together. A first win may not be far away.