Mmmbop

Trained by Mark Rimell out of Leafield in Oxfordshire, Mmmbop is in the hands of a yard that has found form this season, sending out nine winners. That suggests the operation knows what it takes to get a horse to the front, and a trainer with winners on the board is rarely short of confidence or ideas. Whether Mmmbop can become the tenth is the question worth watching.

At just three years old, there is plenty of time for the picture to change. Some horses take a handful of races to fully work out what is being asked of them, and a record of zero wins from three races is hardly a crisis at this stage. The recent run — just one day ago — means this is a horse firmly in the mix right now, and anyone following the Rimell yard closely will be watching to see whether a change of tactics or a fresh opportunity brings out something better.