Thuritha

The trainer is David Simcock, whose Newmarket yard has been firing on all cylinders this season with 39 winners already to their name. That kind of record matters: it tells you the stable is in form, the horses are fit, and the team knows how to get the best out of them. Thuritha's win came at a track where the yard clearly has a plan, and there's no reason to think the horse can't find the winner's enclosure again as it matures and gets more racing under its belt. At two years old, consistency isn't the point — experience is. The recent string of lower finishes is normal learning; the win at Lingfield proved it can do the job when the conditions are right.