Eben Al Khawaneej

Trained by Owen Burrows out of Lambourn in Berkshire, Eben Al Khawaneej is in capable hands. Burrows has sent out 32 winners already this season, which is a solid return and suggests the yard knows how to get horses ready to perform. The fact that Burrows persists with this horse after three unproductive outings is worth noting — trainers of that calibre tend not to waste time on horses they have given up on.

With a race just yesterday, Eben Al Khawaneej is very much an active project. At three years old, there is plenty of time for things to click. Some horses take a while to figure out what racing is actually about, and a run of fourth-fourth-sixth is not the form of a horse that is hopelessly out of its depth — it is the form of one that has not yet put it all together on the day that counts.