Colinski

The six races since that Lingfield victory tell a more frustrating story — finishes of 5th, 2nd, 8th, 7th, 6th, and 4th, reading from the bottom up. There's a second place in there, which shows the ability is still present, but he hasn't been able to convert it into another winner's enclosure moment. He's been racing at Class 6 level, which is where the more modest horses compete week to week in Britain, and at that level he has won 1 from 4 races — a 25% win rate, or 1 in 4 — which is actually a decent return if the yard can get him back to form.

Behind the scenes, Colinski is trained by Rebecca Menzies, based up in Morden, County Durham. Menzies has had 36 winners this season, which marks her out as a trainer who keeps her yard busy and productive. The fact that Colinski raced just one day ago shows he's fit and active, and a trainer with that volume of winners clearly knows how to keep horses in the right condition to compete. The question is whether Colinski can rediscover the spark that lit up Lingfield nearly a year ago. The ingredients are there — the right distance, the right level of competition — it's just a matter of putting it all together again.