Donald

Trained by David and Nicola Barron at their yard in Maunby, North Yorkshire, Donald is in the care of a team that clearly knows how to get horses winning — 15 winners already this season is a healthy return for any stable. That makes Donald something of an outlier in the yard, a horse that has taken its time to find the mark. The Barrons will have a clear sense of where and when to place him for the best chance of that elusive breakthrough.

Most of Donald's racing has come at the lower end of the sport's class structure, in Class 5 company — essentially the entry level of flat racing — and even there, zero wins from three races suggests he hasn't quite found his ideal spot yet. The team will be hoping that combination of experience and the right opportunity clicks into place soon. With Donald having raced just one day ago, the answer may not be far off.