Midnight Call

In the lower grades—Class 6 races—Midnight Call has won four of nine outings, almost 44 per cent. This is the horse's natural level, and it performs well within it. Recent form has been mixed. Over the last six races it has won twice, including most recently at Wolverhampton on 18 May, but that victory now sits four months in the past, and a run seven days ago brought only seventh place. The pattern suggests Midnight Call is not necessarily finding its winning form as often as it did earlier in the year.

Tony Carroll's Cropthorne yard has been prolific this season with 136 winners, and Matthew Lloyd Slater has ridden Midnight Call nine times, winning twice—a 22 per cent rate together. Neither the trainer nor the jockey appears to have an exceptional partnership with this horse, but consistency is there. What makes Midnight Call genuinely interesting is not spectacular ability across the board, but rather its mastery of one particular course and class level. If the yard can time another run at Wolverhampton in Class 6 company, the horse has earned a strong chance of returning to the winner's circle.