Cool Azul

Trained by A Oliver, whose yard has sent out 20 winners already this season, Cool Azul is at least in capable hands. A stable producing winners at that kind of pace clearly knows how to get horses ready to perform, and there's no shame in a young horse spending its early races learning the ropes — especially when it keeps finishing in the frame rather than trailing home at the back of the field.

The key question now is whether Cool Azul can convert those placings into a first win. Three races is still a very small sample, and plenty of horses take time to put it all together at three. The consistent placed form suggests the talent is there. Whether the winning moment comes next time out, given it raced just yesterday, will depend on how quickly it recovers and what it faces — but this is a horse worth keeping an eye on.