Perfect Location

That Southwell victory is worth noting because it happened 10 months ago, and since then the form has been a little inconsistent. A glance at the last six races — 7th, 2nd, 6th, 2nd, 11th, 1st reading backwards to that win — suggests a horse that can get competitive and run a solid second, but hasn't yet recaptured the winning feeling. The pair of second-place finishes in that stretch are encouraging though; this is a horse that hasn't drifted out of contention, just hasn't quite sealed the deal again.

Perfect Location is trained by Tom Ward at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire, one of the most well-known racing villages in the country, tucked into the Berkshire Downs where trainers have been preparing horses on the famous gallops for generations. Ward's yard has been in decent form this season, sending out 14 winners, which suggests a stable that knows how to get a horse ready to perform. Having raced just one day ago, Perfect Location is clearly being kept busy, and at three years old — still relatively young and developing — there is plenty of time for the picture to improve.