Mass For Kathleen

The recent form reads 7-10-3 going back through her last three runs, which tells its own story: she was well beaten early on, dropped even further back in the middle of that sequence, then rallied to finish third last time out. That turnaround from tenth to third is the kind of improvement that catches a trainer's eye, even if it doesn't yet catch the headlines.

She is trained by Ivan Furtado at Wiseton in South Yorkshire, and the yard is clearly in good nick right now — 43 winners sent out this season is a healthy return that suggests the team knows what it's doing and has horses running in form. A horse trained in a yard firing on all cylinders is always in with a better chance than one stuck in a cold spell, so the environment around Mass For Kathleen is at least encouraging. With her most recent run coming just yesterday, she is very much an active runner at the moment, and whatever Furtado saw in that third-place finish will shape what comes next for her.