Boom Boom Boris

What is worth noting is that he raced just yesterday, so he is firmly in the thick of an active campaign. Whether yesterday's run was the fourth-place or the tenth is not clear from the order of results, but either way the team will be working out where best to place him next.

He is trained by Sara Ender at Malton in North Yorkshire, a town with a long and serious tradition of producing racehorses. Ender's yard has sent out nine winners already this season, which tells you this is not an outfit just making up the numbers — they know how to get a horse ready to win. The question for Boom Boom Boris is simply finding the right opportunity to show what he can do. Two races is a very small sample, and plenty of horses take time to find their feet.