What we can say with more confidence is that Affection comes from a yard that knows how to produce winners. Trainer David Pipe operates out of Nicholashayne in Somerset and has already sent out 37 winners this season — that is a stable in form, one that clearly has things ticking over well. A debut runner from a yard firing like that is always worth a second look, simply because horses tend not to get their first race until the trainer thinks they are ready.
Beyond that, the story starts here.