Inishbeg

Trained by Kevin Ryan at his yard in Hambleton, North Yorkshire, Inishbeg is in capable hands. Ryan's team has sent out 46 winners this season alone, which gives you a sense of the scale and quality of the operation. This is a busy, successful yard, and horses don't tend to hang around without purpose.

The recent form reads 2-2-8, with the most encouraging detail being that Inishbeg raced just ten days ago and is clearly in an active campaign. The two placed efforts bookend a disappointing eighth-place finish, so the key question heading into the next race is whether the yard have found what caused that blip — or whether it was simply a tough day at the office. Either way, the fact that Inishbeg bounced back to second after that run suggests resilience, though it is worth noting the placed efforts came before the poor one when reading the form in reverse. A horse that places consistently at this age is still learning its trade, and first-time wins can come quickly once everything clicks.