Faster Bee

Ground conditions matter hugely. On normal, standard ground, Faster Bee has won 2 of 20 races (10%), which is a reasonable win rate by its standards. Shift the ground to anything wetter or firmer, and the horse struggles to pick up victories. Wolverhampton itself seems to bring out the best: 2 wins from 12 races there means this is genuinely the horse's track. It performs best over middle distances, between 7 furlongs and a mile, winning 2 of 17 races at that trip (roughly 12%).

Trained by Fergal O'Brien's yard at Withington in Gloucestershire — a stable that has sent out 90 winners this season alone — Faster Bee remains an active runner. It raced just a day ago and has been busy recently: the last six starts have yielded one fourth-place finish and one eighth-place finish, with a lot of mid-field running in between. Jockey Finley Marsh has partnered the horse nine times but has yet to ride a winner aboard it. The one frustration is that Faster Bee has won nothing at Class 5, the level at which it typically competes (0 wins from 13 such races), suggesting the horse performs better in slightly softer company. It is a limited type, but Wolverhampton on a normal racing day remains a genuine opportunity.