Atticum

Robert Cowell's Newmarket yard has him among a competitive group this season, with 24 winners already sent out. Jockey George Wood, who was aboard for that breakthrough victory at Yarmouth, reckoned Atticum simply needed time to grow into the game. "He's done it pretty easily," Wood said after the win, suggesting the horse had more to offer once racing experience began to click. Nine months have passed since that win, and Atticum has been back out racing in recent weeks — he ran just a day ago — which means Cowell is actively testing him at this level. With three places in his last four outings, the pattern is starting to look less like a struggling horse and more like one still learning where he fits, picking up cheques without finding the winning post often enough. Whether that changes may depend on where and how Cowell pitches him next.