Allaire

What makes the picture more encouraging is the yard behind her. Andrew Balding operates out of Kingsclere in Hampshire, one of the most productive training operations in Britain right now — 204 winners already this season is a remarkable total that puts him firmly among the elite trainers in the country. When a stable is firing at that level, you can have reasonable confidence that a horse placed twice in a row is being campaigned sensibly and is pointed at races it can genuinely win.

Allaire raced just yesterday, so she is very much a horse in the middle of her season with plenty of opportunities still ahead. Two seconds from two races is not a bad starting point for a young horse still learning the job — the question now is whether she can find that extra bit to get her head in front.