Gasmani

What makes that Taunton win worth lingering on is the context around it. Gasmani most often races at Class 4 level, which sits in the middle tier of British racing — not the elite end, but competitive enough that winning is never easy. And yet he has drawn a blank in all four of his Class 4 races, a record of 0 from 4 at that level. His two wins have come elsewhere, which hints at a horse who perhaps finds his best form in slightly different circumstances.

His recent run of form reads 4-4-3-9-1-2 going backwards, which translated into plain English means: two modest efforts, a bad day at the office, a third, a win, and then a runner-up just days ago. That is genuinely encouraging form — back-to-back placed efforts either side of a win suggests Gasmani is in the form of his life right now. He raced just one day ago, so this is a horse very much in the thick of an active campaign.

Jockey Tom Bellamy has partnered Gasmani in 6 of his 10 races and is yet to ride him to a winner — a notable blank given how often they have been paired together. Gasmani's two wins have come with other riders in the saddle, which is an interesting wrinkle for anyone following the horse closely. Trainer David Dennis, based in Edgcote, Oxfordshire, has had seven winners already this season, so the yard is in decent shape. Whether Bellamy gets the call if Gasmani lines up again soon, or whether Dennis opts for a change, is one of the small questions that makes following a horse like this genuinely absorbing.