Kimbara

What makes the recent form worth watching is the direction of travel. Her last two runs produced a third and a second — back-to-back placings that suggest she is finding her feet and running into form at exactly the right time. The most recent of those came just a day ago, so she is fit, active, and clearly in the middle of a purple patch relative to where she was earlier in the season, when finishes of sixth and fourth suggested she was still figuring things out.

She is trained by Richard Spencer at Newmarket, one of the great centres of British flat racing in Suffolk. Spencer's yard has sent out 30 winners already this season, which tells you this is a professional, well-organised operation that knows how to get horses ready to race. Having a horse that keeps running into placing positions without winning is a puzzle every trainer faces — the trick is finding the race where everything clicks. With Kimbara clearly improving and racing regularly, that moment may not be far away.