Cydney Sweenie

The recent form reading 8-3-4 tells an interesting story in miniature. That middle run — the third-place finish — was clearly the best she's produced, and the fact that she's gone backwards either side of it suggests she might be the kind of young horse still figuring things out. Two-year-olds are essentially teenagers being asked to compete at the highest level of their sport. Some take time to switch on, and trainers will often say the lessons from early races are worth more than the results.

She's trained by Jack Morland at Newmarket, one of the most famous racing towns in the world — home to hundreds of horses and a place where only the genuinely talented tend to thrive. Morland has sent out 16 winners this season, which tells you this is a yard that knows how to get horses ready to win. The question is when Cydney Sweenie gets her turn. She raced just yesterday, so she's very much in the thick of things right now, and with a trainer in form behind her, another run can't be far away.