Noble Don

The recent form makes for tough reading: a seventh, a blank (likely a non-completion), and two sixths suggest a horse that is consistently toward the back of the field rather than knocking on the door and getting unlucky. That said, Noble Don raced just yesterday, which at least tells you the team believes there is something worth persevering with.

The trainer is D J Jeffreys, based at Hinton on the Green in Worcestershire — a small yard that has managed four winners this season. Four winners from a modest operation is a decent return, so Jeffreys clearly knows how to get a horse ready to perform. The question is whether Noble Don can find a race and a set of conditions that finally bring the best out of him.