Electric Avenue

It's a six-year-old trained by Ivan Furtado at his yard in Wiseton, South Yorkshire — a team that has sent out 34 winners this season, so this is not a small operation running on hope. Tom Eaves is Electric Avenue's preferred partner in the saddle, and that relationship has produced 3 wins from just 9 rides together — winning 1 in every 3 races as a pair, which is the kind of number most jockey-horse combinations would dream of.

The ground matters too. On fast, dry ground, Electric Avenue has won 2 from 7 races — nearly 1 in 3 again — suggesting it comes alive when conditions suit. Most of its career has been spent in Class 5 company, one of the lower tiers of British racing, where it has won 3 from 19 races. That's a modest 1 in every 6 at that level, which is why watching it at Newcastle on the right ground feels like the specific combination that unlocks the best version of this horse.

Recent form has been quiet — nothing better than fourth in the last six races — but Electric Avenue is still active and clearly still competitive. Sometimes a horse just needs its favourite conditions and favourite track to align again, and when they do, this one has a habit of delivering.