A Lott Of Kane

That first career win is fresh — raced just yesterday — so this profile is being written almost in real time. Wolverhampton is an all-weather track that suits horses who handle a tight, turning course, and getting off the mark there suggests A Lott Of Kane has found a surface and a setting that suits. Whether the team can build on it will be the story to follow.

The most interesting subplot is the partnership with jockey Joey Haynes. He has been in the saddle for six of those seven races and is yet to ride the horse to a win — that record stands at zero from six together. The breakthrough at Wolverhampton came, which means the monkey is off the back for both horse and rider if Haynes was aboard, though it is worth watching whether that combination clicks more consistently from here. Trainer Chelsea Banham operates out of Cowlinge in Suffolk and has sent out six winners already this season, so the yard is in decent nick and clearly knows how to get a horse ready to win. A Lott Of Kane looks like one who has rewarded patience.