Gert Lush

What Gert Lush does have going for it is a very clear sweet spot. At distances between a mile and one furlong and a mile and two furlongs, the record jumps to 2 wins from 6 races — that's winning 1 in every 3, which is a genuinely strong return and suggests the horse is very much at home when the trip is right. Most of its career has been spent at Class 5 level, the bread-and-butter tier of British racing, where it has won 2 from 12 — roughly 1 in 6 — which is a perfectly respectable record at that grade.

The horse is trained by Roger Teal at Lambourn in Berkshire, a yard that has sent out 22 winners already this season, so there's clearly plenty going right there. In the saddle, Miss Megan Jordan has been the regular partner, riding Gert Lush in 7 of its races and winning once together — a win rate of around 1 in 7, or about 14%. That's not a blistering record, but the partnership clearly has familiarity on its side. The horse raced just yesterday, which means it's firmly in the thick of a busy campaign.

Gert Lush isn't a horse that's going to trouble the top races, but a seasoned nine-year-old that keeps finishing in the frame and gets right up for a race at the correct distance is exactly the kind of horse that keeps smaller yards ticking over. Get the trip right, and there's every reason to think another win isn't too far away.