Sixfiveseven

What makes that Newmarket win worth noting is where it happened. Newmarket is one of the most demanding tracks in Britain — a wide, open galloping course that exposes horses ruthlessly. Winning there means something. Sixfiveseven has run four times at distances between a mile and one furlong and a mile and two furlongs, winning one of those four, which works out at 25% — a much healthier number than the overall career record suggests. That points to a horse with a specific sweet spot: get the trip right and the results start to look very different.

The partnership with jockey Josephine Gordon is the other thread worth following. They have raced together six times and won once, which is roughly 1 in every 6 races — not exceptional, but the fact that Gordon keeps coming back suggests there is a working relationship here rather than a horse that gets handed around. Gordon is a smart, experienced rider and her continued association with a horse of this level says something about how the team at J S Moore's Upper Lambourn yard think about Sixfiveseven's chances.

The puzzle is the class picture. Sixfiveseven most often competes at Class 4 level — the mid-tier of British racing — and has yet to win at that level in six attempts. The sole victory came in a lower grade. That gap between where the horse wins and where it is being asked to compete is the central question hanging over recent runs. The last six results — a win and a second place buried under four also-rans — show a horse that can still produce on the right day but is finding Class 4 a ceiling rather than a stepping stone. Raced just yesterday, this is an active campaign, and with J S Moore's yard in decent form with 17 winners this season, the ingredients for another good day are not entirely absent.