Aura Champagne

Aura Champagne is a three-year-old with just one race to its name, finishing third on that debut. That's actually a decent starting point — placed horses on debut often improve significantly for the experience, and finishing in the top three first time out suggests there's something worth working with. The horse has been off the track for around six months since that run, which is a significant absence and something worth watching closely. A long break can mean any number of things behind the scenes, but what matters is how the horse returns and whether it takes a step forward.

There's nothing more to the story yet — no wins, no recurring themes, no track it loves or distance it thrives at. But that's the thing about lightly raced young horses from a yard firing at this rate: the story is still being written. Aura Champagne is very much one to watch rather than one to judge.