Do Wah Diddy

What gives the story some interest is who's doing the training. Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies run their operation out of Naunton in Gloucestershire, and this season alone they've sent out 61 winners — a yard clearly firing on all cylinders. That kind of volume means they know what they're doing, and a horse sitting on nought from three is exactly the sort of project a busy, successful stable can afford to be patient with. The second place finish, arriving most recently before yesterday's run, at least tells you the horse can get competitive.

With a race just yesterday, Do Wah Diddy is very much in active campaign mode. Whether the team keeps rolling the dice in search of that breakthrough win or steps back to reassess will be worth watching. In the hands of a yard producing winners at this rate, the ingredients are there — the horse just needs to find the moment to use them.