Charging Bull

The recent form is a mixed picture. Charging Bull has gone six races without a win, but buried inside that sequence is a second-place finish and a third, sandwiched between some disappointing efforts further back in the field. Finishing eighth and then second suggests a horse that can be inconsistent — on its day, it can compete, but those days don't always arrive on cue. The most recent run came just yesterday, so this is a horse very much in the thick of its season right now.

What gives the team genuine reason for optimism is the yard behind it. Michael Keady is having a productive season out of Newmarket, sending out 16 winners already this campaign. A trainer in that kind of form tends to have horses placed in the right races at the right time, and a stable running hot is exactly the environment a horse like Charging Bull needs to finally get its head in front. The first win is always the hardest to find — once it arrives, horses often build on it quickly.