Tetsworth

The recent run of form is actually more encouraging than the win column suggests. Over the last six races, Tetsworth has posted a 5-2-4-3-6-7 sequence — that second place is a reminder that it can mix it with the leaders, and finishes of third and fourth show this isn't a horse drifting to the back of the field. The challenge is that most of its racing has come at Class 5, the bread-and-butter level of British racing, and even there it hasn't managed a win in seven attempts. At some point, a horse needs to convert those placed efforts into victories, and Tetsworth is yet to make that step.

What works in its favour is the team behind it. Trained by Gary and Josh Moore at their yard in Lower Beeding, West Sussex, Tetsworth is in capable hands. The Moores have sent out 94 winners already this season — that's a yard firing on all cylinders, and horses in that kind of form environment tend to be placed and prepared well. Tetsworth raced just 11 days ago, so it's clearly fit and active, and the yard will be hoping the right race at the right moment finally unlocks that elusive first win.

For now, Tetsworth is the kind of horse that keeps punters interested without quite rewarding them — always thereabouts, never quite there.