Show Your Hand

Trained by David Pipe at his yard in Nicholashayne, Somerset, Show Your Hand is in capable hands. Pipe's operation has sent out 37 winners already this season, which is the kind of output that shows a busy, well-organised yard that knows how to get horses performing. A trainer firing at that rate tends to know when a horse is close to winning — and two consecutive runner-up finishes is usually a signal that patience is about to be rewarded.

Having raced just yesterday, Show Your Hand is clearly fit and in an active campaign. The question now is whether it can convert that recent consistency into a first victory. Plenty of horses spend time placing before everything clicks — and right now, this one has the form and the trainer to suggest that moment could come soon.