Little Jaybee

The recent run of form makes for tougher reading. Six consecutive races without a win, finishing as far back as ninth on several occasions, is a sequence that tests the patience of everyone involved. But the two placed finishes on the overall record show Little Jaybee is capable of getting into contention — it just hasn't converted that into a win since Wolverhampton a year ago.

Tom Ward, who trains the horse from Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, has had a productive season with 14 winners sent out from the yard already. That suggests the team around Little Jaybee knows how to find the right race for the right horse — and that, more than anything, may be the most relevant fact here. The question is whether they can unlock whatever produced that Wolverhampton win and find it again. Racing at the moment — Little Jaybee ran just yesterday — the horse is clearly being kept active and in the mix while that answer is being searched for.