Flyta

What is encouraging is that Flyta seems to be getting stronger as it settles into racing. Look at the last six outings: second, first, second, tenth, fourth, second. Strip out that tenth-place run and you see a horse that is regularly competitive, mixing wins and seconds with the occasional bigger effort needed. It won at Ffos Las once and is yet to win at the higher Class 4 level—three attempts there have yielded nothing—but at the tracks and conditions that suit, this horse can perform.

Mark Loughnane's yard at Rock Farm in Worcestershire is having a productive season with 25 winners already, so Flyta is in a training operation that knows how to get horses over the line. The next step is finding the right opportunity to land a second win and start building on that single success from late June. At three years old, Flyta still has time to develop into something more consistent than the current one-in-eight record suggests.