Boston Dan

His recent form reads 9-7-2-10-1-2 going back through his last six races, which tells an interesting story. There's a wide swing between his best and worst efforts — a tenth-place finish alongside a win and two runner-up spots — suggesting he can be a little inconsistent, but on his good days he's clearly competitive. The back-to-back placed efforts at the start of that sequence, combined with the fact he raced just yesterday, show he's a horse who's kept busy and continues to run his race more often than not.

He runs most often at Class 4 level — one step below the top tier, the kind of races that attract capable horses without quite reaching the elite. At that level he's won 1 from 4, or 25% of his races, which is a genuinely strong ratio. If he can reproduce Hamilton Park form consistently, there's every reason to think more wins will come at this grade.

Oisin Orr has been his regular jockey, partnering him in 6 of his 10 races and riding that Hamilton Park winner. Their combined record stands at 1 win from 6 — roughly 1 in every 6 rides together — which is modest but reflects how competitive his races have been rather than any lack of ability from either horse or rider. The training operation behind him, Richard and Peter Fahey's yard at Musley Bank in North Yorkshire, is a professional, well-regarded stable that has sent out 2 winners this season. Boston Dan is clearly one of their active runners, and with his win just eight months old and his career still very much in progress, there may well be more chapters to come.