Our Havana

The real story, though, is what happens when the ground is right. On normal, standard conditions, Our Havana has won three of six races — a 50% win rate that stands out sharply against its overall record. It is the kind of detail that matters to anyone who watches the horse run: get it on a track it likes and in the ground it prefers, and the odds shift in its favour. At Southwell, the horse is almost unbeatable, with two wins from three races there. That kind of course form is the mark of a genuine specialist.

Oisin Orr, the jockey most often in the saddle, has won three races from seven rides aboard Our Havea — a 43% win rate together that suggests real understanding between horse and rider. The Fahey yard, based in North Yorkshire, has sent out 23 winners already this season and clearly knows how to get the best from its charges. Our Havana last won at York seven weeks ago, proof that the horse remains capable of finding the winner's enclosure in recent weeks. It is a horse that knows its job and does it well on its day.