New Radical

What stands out is the consistency alongside that win. Two places from three races means New Radical has finished in the top three on every single outing bar one — the recent seventh being the only blip on an otherwise tidy record. Horses that place as reliably as this tend to be competitive rather than flashy, the kind that turn up and do their job without fuss.

The horse is trained by Jack W Davison out of Dunboyne in County Meath, a yard that has hit the ground running this season with 8 winners already. That context matters — New Radical is not coming from a cold stable. Davison's team are clearly in form, and a horse that won at Bellewstown five weeks ago and raced again just yesterday is being kept busy for a reason. Active horses in a yard firing on all cylinders are always worth watching.