Martha Brown

What makes her worth watching right now is timing. She raced just yesterday, which means she is fit, active, and clearly being kept busy by her trainer Kathy Turner. Based at Sigwells in Somerset, Turner's yard has sent out 6 winners this season — a solid output that suggests she knows how to place a horse and get results. A trainer who is winning regularly tends to be confident about when and where to run their horses, so Martha Brown's continued appearances suggest the team still believes there is a performance in her worth waiting for.

At two years old, she is only just getting started. Many horses at this age are still learning the basics of racing — how to jump from the stalls, how to travel in a pack, how to respond when asked to quicken. The uneven form is not unusual for a youngster still finding her feet, and that third-place finish shows she is capable of mixing it when things click. Whether she can put it all together and get off the mark is the question, but with an active yard behind her and her career barely begun, there is plenty of time yet.