Margorie

The recent form, however, tells a more complicated story. Reading backwards from her latest run, the sequence goes 7-6-10-10-1-5 — meaning that solitary win is sandwiched between some pretty forgettable efforts. Finishing seventh and sixth in her two most recent races, after a pair of tenth-place finishes before the win, suggests she found a moment of form and has since dipped back into inconsistency. She is currently active, having raced just one day ago, so whatever that latest performance holds, it has not discouraged the team from keeping her busy.

She is trained by Eve Johnson Houghton at Blewbury in Oxfordshire, a yard that has sent out 42 winners already this season — a genuinely productive operation that clearly knows how to place its horses to give them a chance. With a trainer in that kind of form, Margorie will likely keep getting opportunities to find her feet again. The question is whether that Windsor win was a sign of things to come or simply a one-off on the right day.