Labiche

The recent form figures make for interesting reading: 5-3-10-3-10-8, read most recent first. Those two third-place finishes stand out amid some tougher days, showing that Labiche is capable of running well when conditions click. The inconsistency, though — swinging between placing and finishing well down the field — is the puzzle Henry Candy and his team at Kingston Warren will be working to solve.

Candy is a respected handler based in Oxfordshire, and his yard has already sent out 8 winners this season, so there is no shortage of know-how around this horse. The question is whether Labiche can translate promise into a first victory before the season moves on. Having raced just yesterday, it is clearly fit and active — and that first win, when it comes, will have been a long time coming.