Iris Olivia

She raced just yesterday, which means she is very much in the thick of her debut season and likely to be seen out again soon. With only two races behind her, there is genuinely very little to go on yet — she is essentially an unknown quantity, and that is not a criticism. Every good racehorse starts somewhere.

What does give some encouragement is who is looking after her. Kevin Philippart De Foy trains out of Newmarket, the heartland of British flat racing, and his yard has sent out 40 winners already this season — a serious total that puts him firmly among the more productive trainers operating right now. Horses from this stable tend to be well prepared, and a yard producing winners at that rate clearly knows how to place its horses to give them the best chance. For Iris Olivia, that matters. When the right opportunity comes along, she will have people behind her who know how to find it.