Dottie Diamond

What makes her current form so striking is the sheer speed of the turnaround. Cast an eye over her last six races and you can see the story unfold: after three consecutive disappointing finishes — a ninth, a sixth, and another sixth — she has reeled off back-to-back wins. Her first career victory came at Southwell in June, and she followed that up with a win at Leicester just this week. Two wins in her last six races is a significant upturn, and the timing could not be better given she raced as recently as yesterday.

She is trained by William Stone, whose yard is based in West Wickham, Cambridgeshire. Stone's team has sent out 10 winners already this season, which tells you this is not a stable that stumbles into success — they know how to have a horse ready to perform. Getting Dottie Diamond to this point, reversing a run of poor form into consecutive victories, is exactly the kind of quiet, patient work that does not always make headlines but absolutely should.

At 4 years old, Dottie Diamond is still relatively young and the fact that she is improving right now — rather than fading — is an encouraging sign. Horses that discover how to win, rather than being born knowing it, can sometimes build genuine momentum once everything clicks. Whether that continues will be the interesting question to follow.