Most Wanted

His best work comes over a mile and a furlong to a mile and two furlongs, where he has won 1 of his 7 races at those distances — a win rate of around 1 in 7, which is meaningfully better than his overall record suggests. That Leicester victory came at those sorts of distances, which is worth remembering when assessing where he fits best. Interestingly, he has yet to win at Class 4 level in five attempts, making that July success all the more notable as a moment where everything clicked.

Recent form has been patchy — finishes of tenth and seventh before a couple of fourth-place efforts, then a gap in racing, then ninth — and he has not won in his last six outings. But he raced just one day ago, so he is very much an active runner still being tested and placed by David Bridgwater's yard in Stow-on-the-Wold. Bridgwater's team have sent out five winners this season, which shows they know how to find the right race for a horse when the time is right. With Most Wanted, the challenge now is finding the conditions that produce another day like Leicester.