Green Testimony

What works in Green Testimony's favour is the yard behind the horse. Joseph Patrick O'Brien trains out of Owning Hill in County Kilkenny, and this season his operation has sent out 154 winners — a number that puts it firmly among the most productive stables in the sport. When a team is winning at that kind of volume, it tends to mean horses are placed carefully and given every opportunity to find their level. The fact that Green Testimony has had four chances already at just three years old suggests the team believes there is something worth persevering with.

Having raced just one day ago, this is a horse very much in the thick of its season. Whether a switch in distance, ground, or company unlocks something better remains to be seen — but with O'Brien's record of turning promising young horses into winners, it would be premature to write Green Testimony off just yet.