Gelato

Adrian Wintle's Gloucestershire yard is a good one: thirty winners sent out already this season suggests a trainer who knows what he's doing and has decent horses to work with. That Gelato broke its duck at Ffos Las, a track that clearly suits it, offered a glimpse of potential. The question now is whether that debut win was a false dawn or a genuine promise waiting to be fulfilled. At three years old, time is still on the horse's side — there are months left for it to click into gear and string together the kind of run that turns a one-time winner into something with a real future. For now, though, Gelato remains a work in progress, and with a race just yesterday, the next opportunity to show some progress is never far away.