Ziggy's Angel

The recent form is harder to put a positive spin on. The last six races read 11-8-15-5-8-3, which tells a story of inconsistency — a placed third, a couple of mid-pack efforts, and a couple of races where things clearly didn't go to plan. It hasn't won in any of those six outings, and that Newcastle success is now nine months in the rear-view mirror. Whether the horse recaptures that form is the question the yard will be working to answer.

Richard and Peter Fahey train Ziggy's Angel from their Musley Bank base in North Yorkshire, and they are very much an operation in form — 23 winners sent out already this season is a healthy tally that shows the yard is firing. Fahey's team typically know what they're doing with horses at this level: Ziggy's Angel has done most of its racing in Class 5 company, which is the bread-and-butter tier of British racing, and the horse has won 1 from 7 at that level — about 1 in every 7 races, a modest but honest record. At seven furlongs to a mile specifically, the figures look a touch better: 1 win from 8 races, or roughly 1 in 8. The horse raced just one day ago, so it's clearly in an active campaign, and with a in-form yard behind it, another day like Newcastle is not beyond reach.