Violet Goldsmith

Her recent form has been mixed. After that breakthrough win at Chepstow on 3 July, she has run six times, and the results read 2-1-2-11-7-8 — meaning a couple of placed efforts bookended by some middling runs. She was back in the winners' enclosure just ten days after that first success, then hit a quieter spell before a place at her most recent outing just a day ago. For a young horse still learning her trade, this kind of up-and-down pattern is not unusual, and the fact she is actively racing suggests the trainer Eve Johnson Houghton is confident there is more to come.

Johnson Houghton's Blewbury yard has been firing this season, sending out 42 winners already, which tells you the horses are being trained with clear purpose. That raises the chance Violet Goldsmith will get the chance to build on her win and find the consistency that turns a promising prospect into a reliable one.