Cabrera

Trainer Edward Bethell, who runs a powerful yard from Middleham in North Yorkshire, has been patient with her. She was placed several times before finally breaking through at Doncaster last summer in a valuable race worth £40,000. Bethell has noted that such races are genuinely hard to win, especially in spring, though easier later in the season when the field weakens slightly. The track matters too — Carlisle didn't suit her last time out, which explains why recent form reads as mixed: a win last week, a fourth, a fifth, a fifth again, a ninth, and a first-place finish before that. She's been active consistently and clearly has the ability to pick up Class 2 races when conditions and ground work in her favour.

Callum Rodriguez rides her most often, though he's only a winner from 7 races together, suggesting they haven't quite clicked into a groove as a partnership. At five years old and with eight races already run this year, Cabrera is a working professional — reliable, occasionally brilliant, the sort of horse who will likely keep earning without ever being exciting.