Spirit Of Saxony

The horse runs best at distances between seven furlongs and a mile, where he has won one of five races. That narrow range matters: he knows his job at that trip, and Eve Johnson Houghton's yard, based in Blewbury, Oxfordshire, will likely aim him at similar races going forward. Charles Bishop has ridden him five times, winning once — a 20% return that hints Bishop and the horse understand each other. With Houghton's stable in excellent form this season, having sent out 42 winners already, Spirit Of Saxony has the infrastructure and expertise behind him to take the next step. His trainer was impressed enough at the start to mark him down as a genuine prospect, and a two-month gap since his last win suggests either a planned break or a search for the right race. At just three years old and still learning, there is room for improvement — though recent form shows he needs to recapture the spark that won him Kempton.