Prettylady

What really stands out is her recent consistency. Looking at her last six races, there is a clear upward trajectory: three wins sandwiched around a couple of narrow defeats (a fourth and a ninth), with only one really poor outing. That is exactly the kind of form pattern that catches the eye of anyone watching a racing yard at work. The fact that she made her breakthrough win at Stratford-on-Avon earlier this year and has since won twice more suggests she is proving herself across different tracks rather than being a one-course specialist.

Prettylady runs for the training partnership of Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero at Oldcastle in Cheshire, a yard that has sent out 43 winners this season. That throughput tells you it is a professional operation with the resources and knowledge to develop horses properly. For a 4-year-old in this kind of form, actively racing and improving, Prettylady is one to keep watching. She looks like she is in the right place at the right time.