Viviana

What works in her favour is the stable she calls home. Charlie Johnston's yard at Middleham Moor in North Yorkshire has sent out 131 winners already this season — that is a serious operation, the kind of team that knows how to place a horse and when to be patient with one that is still finding its feet. Johnston is not in the habit of running horses for the sake of it, so the fact that Viviana keeps getting entries suggests the yard still believes there is a race to be won with her somewhere.

She raced as recently as yesterday, which tells you she is fit and active. At three years old, she is still relatively young and horses at this stage can improve quickly once things click — the right race, the right conditions, the right day. Zero wins from five is not a flattering headline, but it is far from a closed book. The next few weeks will tell a lot.