The other thing working in this horse's favour is the yard it comes from. Trainer Aidan O'Brien, based at Cashel in County Tipperary, is having a remarkable season — 144 winners so far, which is the kind of output that only comes from an operation running at the very highest level. When a stable of that size and quality bothers to enter a two-year-old, it is usually because someone at that yard likes what they have seen on the gallops. O'Brien has introduced countless top-class horses to racing over the years, and he knows better than most what a good one looks like before it ever reaches a track.
So while there is nothing in the form book to point to, the background here is genuinely promising. A well-bred youngster from one of the busiest and most successful yards in the sport — that is as good a starting point as any.