Naples

Over a mile and one to a mile and two furlongs, Naples is a different animal. That distance — roughly eight or nine furlongs, for anyone counting in laps — brings out the best in this horse, producing that sole win from four attempts at the trip. Win 1 from 4 at your preferred distance is exactly the kind of pattern that trainers quietly file away and build a plan around.

Steph Hollinshead, who trains out of Upper Longdon in Staffordshire, has sent out six winners already this season, which tells you this is a yard that knows how to place a horse correctly. Naples has raced as recently as yesterday, so clearly the yard feel there is more to come — and given the horse's age and that promising distance profile, that confidence is not without foundation.