Camelot Queen

What does give her profile some serious weight is the yard she comes from. Trained by Aidan P O'Brien at Cashel in County Tipperary, Camelot Queen is part of one of the most powerful racing operations on the planet. O'Brien's yard has sent out 125 winners already this season — that is not a training operation, that is a conveyor belt of excellence. When a horse from that stable has not won yet, it rarely means the talent is not there. It often just means the right race has not come along, or that the horse is still learning. O'Brien has a long track record of being patient with horses, and plenty of his most successful runners took time to find their feet.

Her recent form reads 4-3-blank-3-6, with the blank indicating a run where she finished outside the placings entirely — her least encouraging effort. But she bounced back from that to post a third-place finish, and she raced again just yesterday, which suggests the team are keeping her busy and looking for that elusive first win. At three years old, she is still a young horse with room to develop, and first-time winners from top yards often arrive without much warning. Camelot Queen is one to keep an eye on.