Eva The Deeva

That said, context matters. She only raced one day ago, so this is a horse very much in the middle of her story rather than at the end of it. Three-year-olds are still developing, and plenty of horses take time to figure out what racing is all about before things click into place.

She is trained by Nigel Tinkler at his yard in Langton, North Yorkshire, and that is genuinely encouraging. Tinkler's team has sent out 37 winners already this season — that is a yard operating with real momentum, not one that is struggling. When a horse is trained somewhere that clearly knows how to get horses winning, there is always the possibility that the penny drops sooner rather than later. Eva The Deeva has not given punters much to cheer about yet, but she is in capable hands and her story is far from written.