Ozzy Cosmo

Trained by N W Alexander, whose yard up in Leslie, Fife has been in decent nick this season with 18 winners on the board, Ozzy Cosmo tends to compete at Class 4 level — the solid, unglamorous middle ground of British racing, where respectable horses earn their keep without threatening the big prizes. He has won 1 of his 7 races at that level, which is a reasonable enough record in the context of a career that has never quite caught fire. His regular partner Bruce Lynn, who has ridden him in 6 of his races and shares that one winning moment at Ayr, wins on him at a rate of roughly 1 in every 6 rides together — not a bad ratio, though the pair haven't managed to add to the tally in recent times.

The recent form line — finishing eighth, fourth, unplaced, eighth, unplaced, and third across his last six outings — paints a picture of a horse that occasionally finds something to get interested about but more often fades into the background. That third place is a hint of life, the kind of small flicker that keeps the yard sending a horse out week after week. At seven, Ozzy Cosmo is no youngster with potential still to unlock. What you see is probably what you get. But N W Alexander clearly believes there is a race to be won somewhere, and given the yard's current form, it would be a shame to write him off entirely. His one trip to the winner's enclosure came at Ayr, and at some point the question worth asking is whether a return to that particular track might just remind him what winning feels like.