Zoulette

The overall record of 1 win and 3 places from 7 races — roughly 1 in every 7 — is modest, but the detail worth focusing on is what happens when she lines up over 7 furlongs to a mile. At that trip, she wins 1 from 4, or 1 in every 4 races, which is a meaningfully better picture than her overall numbers suggest. Find her at the right distance and she becomes a different proposition.

She is trained by Ollie Sangster at Marlborough in Wiltshire, and the yard is clearly in excellent form right now — 46 winners already this season is a strong tally that suggests horses are running well and being placed intelligently. Zoulette raced just yesterday, so she is very much an active, current contender rather than a horse coasting through the back end of a campaign.

The recent form — a win, then a sixth, a second, a seventh, a sixth, and a third working back — is a little uneven, but that second place sandwiched between the disappointing runs is a reminder that she can mix it with better horses on her day. The key now is whether the Beverley win, her first, signals a horse who has finally clicked into gear, or whether it remains a one-off bright spot. At three years old, there is every reason to believe the best is still ahead of her.