Knight Of Storms

What works in Knight Of Storms' favour is the yard behind it. David Simcock trains out of Newmarket — the heartland of British flat racing — and has sent out 39 winners already this season. That is a yard in form, and horses in the care of a trainer firing at that rate tend to get every opportunity to show what they can do. Simcock is not someone who runs horses for the fun of it; when a horse keeps getting entries, it usually means the team at home sees something worth persisting with.

With no wins and no places from three races, the record is bare. But three races is a small sample, Knight Of Storms only turned three this year, and the horse raced as recently as yesterday — so this story is very much still being written. Whether that eleventh last time was a blip or a sign of something deeper is the question worth watching.