Harry's Pop

The immediate picture is less consistent. His last six runs show a fifth-place finish most recently, followed by a win, then a placed effort, before two fourth-place finishes and that eleventh. So there is volatility here—he will have a good day and then struggle to repeat it. That is not uncommon in young horses still learning their trade, but it is worth watching. He was raced just a day ago, which means he is currently active and his the yard are keen to keep him in work.

Dylan Cunha's Newmarket yard has sent out 45 winners this season, a solid operation with form horses moving through. That kind of output suggests the trainer knows how to get the best out of his animals, and Harry's Pop's two wins in the last month show the yard believes there is improvement to come. For a two-year-old with only eight races under his belt, two wins is a reasonable return, and the proximity of those wins—one week apart—hints that he may have hit a stride. The next few weeks will tell whether that August double was the start of something or simply a flash of promise in an otherwise up-and-down campaign.