Ask Me Again

Trained by John James Feane out of Curragh in Co Kildare, Ask Me Again is part of a yard that has hit its stride this season, sending out eight winners — a solid return that shows Feane knows how to get a horse ready to perform. The fact that Ask Me Again hasn't broken through yet doesn't mean the team has given up; if anything, running the horse just yesterday suggests they are actively working through a plan rather than parking it.

At this stage, the most honest thing to say is that Ask Me Again is an unproven horse in the early stages of its career. Three-year-olds can take time to figure things out, and two races is a very small sample. The step from eighteenth to fifth in consecutive runs is at least movement in the right direction. Whether the next race brings a first taste of success is the open question — but with an active yard behind it and racing just yesterday, it won't be long before we find out.