Collecting Coin

Jennie Candlish's yard at Basford in Staffordshire has sent out 64 winners this season, and Collecting Coin sits within a stable clearly running well. Shane Foley has ridden him five times, winning once — a 20 per cent win rate together, which suggests the pairing works. The real key to Collecting Coin appears to be ground conditions. His trainer has noted he dislikes wet or muddy ground and performs much better on faster, drier surfaces. After finishing fourth at Limerick on tacky ground, Candlish identified seven furlongs as his optimum distance and preferred fast going — specifics that matter enormously for a horse still finding his feet at this level. Since his breakthrough, Collecting Coin has shown he belongs in competitive races and can win when conditions suit. At four years old and still relatively lightly raced, there is genuine room for improvement, and with his the yard plotting his path carefully, he looks like a horse worth following through the season.