What we do know is the breeding. Sired by Dubawi Legend and out of a Lope De Vega mare, 00alpha Lyrae comes from a pedigree that suggests a horse built for speed and quality. Both names carry weight in the breeding world, and while breeding is never a guarantee, it at least tells you the horse was put together with ambition.
The other thing working in its favour is the yard behind it. Marco Botti trains out of Newmarket — the heartland of British flat racing — and has had a sharp season, sending out 43 winners so far. That kind of output means the team knows what it is doing when it comes to getting horses ready to race. If 00alpha Lyrae has shown anything promising on the gallops at home, Botti's record suggests they will have prepared it well for this moment.
Beyond that, the debut is the story. Watch how it handles the experience — the noise, the other horses, the race itself — because first runs often tell you more about a horse's character than anything else.