Polka

The 43-day break since that Newcastle win is worth noting — not long enough to suggest anything is wrong, more the kind of short freshener that a yard gives a horse when things are going well and there's no need to rush. She showed some inconsistency before that win, finishing eighth in the run immediately prior, but the form either side of that — a third and then a first — suggests a horse that, on her best days, is competitive and capable.

She is trained by Julie Camacho, based at Norton in North Yorkshire. Camacho's yard has sent out 50 winners already this season, which tells you this is an operation in fine form — not a quiet backwater hoping for the odd result, but a trainer who clearly knows how to get horses ready to perform. Having Polka in that environment, off the back of a win and with momentum building, puts her in a good position heading into whatever comes next.