Sindria

The more interesting detail here is the gap since that win. Sindria hasn't raced in roughly five months, and a break of that length always raises questions. It can mean a minor setback, a deliberate freshening-up, or simply a yard waiting for the right opportunity. What gives confidence is where she's trained. Joseph Patrick O'Brien's operation at Owning Hill in Co Kilkenny has sent out 155 winners already this season — that is a yard firing on all cylinders, and horses don't tend to come back from a break at that yard without a plan behind them.

Her recent form reads 4-17-1-8-7 going back through her last five runs, and that sequence tells a useful story. The win sits right there in the middle with some ordinary efforts either side of it, which suggests Sindria isn't the kind of horse who performs to a reliable level every time out — but when everything clicks, she can beat a field. The key for anyone watching her return will be whether she gets the trip she likes and surfaces back at a track that's been good to her. Leopardstown, in particular, looks like a place she goes well — and that's the kind of detail worth remembering when she reappears.