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What is encouraging is the direction of travel. The form reads 4-7-8 working backwards, which means the most recent run was the best of the three. Finishing fourth last time out — just one place outside the prize money — suggests something is starting to click, even if the winner's enclosure remains elusive for now.

The horse is trained by Tom Clover at Newmarket, one of British racing's most famous training centres. Clover's yard has sent out 23 winners already this season, which tells you this is a stable that knows how to get horses ready to win. A yard firing at that rate doesn't tend to run horses for the fun of it — when a horse from this team improves, it tends to improve quickly. It'sbeenemotional raced just yesterday, so is clearly fit and in a regular routine, and at two years old there is every reason to expect more progress as the season goes on. The story here is very much still being written.