The parentage is worth a look, though. Father Vadamos was a high-class French miler whose offspring have shown they can handle a range of conditions and distances. The mother's side brings in Presenting, a stallion who became one of the most influential sires in jumping, regularly producing horses with the size and strength to jump fences at the top level. That combination hints at a horse built for a career over obstacles rather than the flat, though at this stage it is genuinely just a hint.
At four years old, Five Lanes is stepping onto a racecourse for the first time, which is fairly typical for a horse pointed toward a jumping career — they tend to get more time to develop than their flat-racing counterparts. Everything starts here. One race will tell the yard more than months of homework ever could.