Wyle Cop

Winning roughly 1 in every 10 races is modest, but context matters. At Class 4 level — a solid middle tier of racing, not the very top but not the bottom either — Wyle Cop has actually won 1 from 3, which works out at around 33%, or one in three. That is a completely different picture. It suggests this horse is not out of its depth at that level; it can genuinely compete there when things fall right. The challenge seems to be consistency rather than ability.

The yard at Newmarket belongs to Jack Jones, and it has been a productive season — 33 winners sent out already, which is a healthy tally and suggests a stable in good nick. Newmarket is one of the great training centres in Britain, and a horse coming from there has usually been prepared properly. Wyle Cop raced just yesterday, so it is very much in the thick of things right now, and with a trainer who clearly knows how to get horses winning, there is every reason to think the right opportunity is still being hunted down. The Wolverhampton win in March proved the horse can do it. The question is whether it can find that form again.