Charmed Boy is a 2-year-old who made his racing debut just a day ago, finishing fourth. It was his first and only outing so far, so there is almost nothing to judge yet — a single race tells you almost nothing about what a horse might become.
Hugo Palmer's yard at Malpas, in Cheshire, has already sent out 67 winners this season, so the horse is in the hands of a trainer with serious form. Whether Charmed Boy will develop into anything worthwhile remains entirely to be seen, but he is still very much at the starting point of his career.