Rogue Encore

There is one genuine bright spot, however. Rogue Encore is a Newcastle specialist, having won three of its 11 races at that track. That 27 per cent win rate at one course is the kind of figure that makes trainers pay attention. The horse also performs noticeably better on normal, standard ground: three wins from 11 races when conditions are neither wet nor fast and dry. On faster surfaces, the record drops away. This kind of specificity — a preference for certain track and ground — suggests Rogue Encore is the type of horse that needs the right setup to show its best.

Trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam's Newmarket yard has produced seven winners this season, and jockey Luke Morris has done particularly well aboard this one, winning two of their seven rides together — a 29 per cent win rate that sits well above the horse's overall average. Whether those combinations can engineer a return to the winner's circle remains to be seen. After last racing just a day ago, Rogue Encore is clearly still active and being campaigned, but it will need to rediscover the form that delivered success at Newcastle not so long ago. The window for consistent winners at this level does not stay open indefinitely.