Remi Mae

What's encouraging is her consistency around that win. Looking at her last six outings, she has finished second or third in four of them, which means she is competitive even when not quite good enough on the day. That pattern—running in the placings more often than not—suggests she knows how to get close. Her overall record of one win and five places from seven races (winning roughly 1 in every 7 races) is modest, but it sits above zero, and she is actively racing: her last outing was just a day ago, which shows her trainer sees something worth pursuing.

She is based at Kingsclere in Hampshire under Andrew Balding, a trainer whose yard has sent out 202 winners already this season. Balding runs a serious operation, and the fact that Remi Mae is still in work after seven runs and one early-career win suggests she has enough ability to justify the feed bill. For a three-year-old still establishing herself, that win at Nottingham was the moment that proved she belonged in a race. Now it is about whether she can do it again.