Jaramillo

Jaramillo does have a defined strength: he is a course specialist at Sedgefield, where he has won 2 of his 3 races there—a genuinely impressive return that makes him worth backing whenever the yard return him to that track. He also performs noticeably better at distances between one mile three furlongs and one mile four furlongs, winning 1 of 3 races at that trip, compared to his overall record. Within his regular Class 4 company, he wins roughly 1 in every 7 races, which is respectable without being exceptional. James Bowen, his most frequent rider, has piloted him to 2 wins from 15 races together. Warren Greatrex's Upper Lambourn yard has sent out 50 winners this season, so the trainer is clearly running a strong operation. For a horse with Jaramillo's profile—a long-serving campaign horse rather than a emerging talent—the real value lies in identifying his rare windows of opportunity: back at Sedgefield, in the right distance range, and hopefully before another long dry spell takes hold.