Neyva's Angel

She runs mainly at Class 5 level, the lower end of the racing ladder, and has gone winless through all four races at that grade. That is perhaps where the honest assessment has to land: this is a horse competing at an accessible level and still not winning, which makes the task of finding a race she can dominate feel harder rather than easier. Her last outing was just 15 days ago, so she remains in active training and her the yard clearly believe there is something to work with.

The yard behind her is Martin Dunne's operation in Newmarket, one of British racing's most famous training centres. Dunne has sent out 20 winners this season, so the team clearly knows how to get a horse to win. The question is whether Neyva's Angel is simply taking time to find her confidence, or whether she is one of those horses who makes up the numbers while others take the glory. Racing needs those horses too — but her supporters will be hoping she has one good day left to prove otherwise.