Brixworth Bandit

Trained by Bryan Smart at Sutton Bank in North Yorkshire, Brixworth Bandit is at least in capable hands. Smart's yard has sent out 19 winners already this season, which tells you this is a stable that knows how to get horses ready to perform. Whether Brixworth Bandit can tap into that form is the question — at two years old there is plenty of time to find the right opportunity, but the clock is always ticking on a young horse's season.

With only two races to go on, it's genuinely difficult to draw firm conclusions. A fourth and a seventh could mean a horse still learning the ropes, or one that simply needs the right conditions to click. What's clear is that Brixworth Bandit raced just yesterday, so the yard — sorry, the team — are keeping this horse busy and active. Sometimes that persistence is exactly what it takes to find a first win.