Leonardo Blu

His win came at Nottingham on 31 May, and with his most recent run coming just yesterday, he is very much a horse in the middle of his season rather than one looking back on past glories. The form reading 4-1-2 in reverse order shows a horse who found his feet quickly: a placed debut, a win, and then a fourth most recently, suggesting he may be finding things a little tougher as he steps up in class or competition — though three races is far too small a sample to draw firm conclusions.

He is trained by Tom Clover at Newmarket, one of the heartlands of British racing, and the yard has been in fine form this season with 23 winners already on the board. That kind of output suggests a confident, well-organised operation, and a horse with Leonardo Blu's early record will be attracting plenty of attention from within the team about where to run him next.