Allroadsleadtorome

That said, the horse raced just yesterday, so the yard — sorry, so the team — are clearly keeping it busy and believing there is a race to be won somewhere. Trainers don't keep running horses that have no chance; they run them because they think the right opportunity hasn't arrived yet.

The yard behind it is John C McConnell, training out of Stamullen in County Meath, and this is a stable that knows how to win. Thirty-six winners already this season is a serious number — that's roughly one new winner every week or so, which puts McConnell firmly in the category of trainers who operate with purpose rather than hope. When a stable of that calibre keeps persisting with a horse, it usually means they see something the form book doesn't fully show yet. The question for Allroadsleadtorome is whether it can find conditions or a race that finally lets it prove them right.