Casamorati

What makes the situation interesting is where Casamorati is trained. Joseph Patrick O'Brien's yard at Owning Hill in Co Kilkenny has sent out 160 winners this season alone — a remarkable output that puts it among the most productive operations in Ireland. When a yard is firing at that rate, horses tend to get their opportunities at the right time and in the right races. The fact that Casamorati has had five chances without winning is not unusual for a young horse still learning its trade, but it does mean results need to start coming soon if it is to build any momentum as a three-year-old.

Raced as recently as yesterday, Casamorati is very much in the thick of its campaign. Whether it finds a race it can win will depend on whether the O'Brien team can find a spot where the competition suits it a little better than it has so far.