Full Gas

What keeps things interesting is who is doing the training. Kevin Ryan's yard at Hambleton in North Yorkshire is one of the busiest and most productive operations in the north of England, and this season alone the team has sent out 45 winners. That kind of firepower matters — Ryan knows how to find the right race for the right horse, and a stable with that many winners clearly has no shortage of options. The fact that Full Gas is still running regularly, most recently just yesterday, suggests the team hasn't given up on finding a race where it can finally show what it can do.

At three years old, there is time on its side. Some horses take a while to figure out what racing is actually about, and a fourth-place finish in the mix suggests the ability might be there, even if the results haven't followed yet. The next few races will be telling.