Princling

His recent form is mixed. He came third most recently, then sixth before that, but sandwiched between those efforts was a fourth-place finish and a fifth-place finish. The one bright spot was a second place further back in his sequence. He is not a horse flying high at the moment, but he is active — he raced just a day ago — and he remains in the care of William Haggas at Newmarket, a trainer whose yard has sent out 170 winners already this season. That kind of volume suggests Princling has decent opportunities to find the right race at the right distance.

For now, the numbers say he is a horse still finding his feet at three years old. One win from seven races is modest, but he has four places to his name as well, showing he is capable of finishing in the frame. The task for Haggas will be getting him back to form at those mile-plus distances where he has shown he can win. If he can rediscover the sort of performance that brought that Wetherby victory, he could yet prove more than a useful horse.