Laughterintherain

The recent form makes for difficult reading: finishing eighth, seventh, and sixth in its last three outings suggests the horse has been running in mid-pack at best. It raced just yesterday, so the team clearly believe there is more to come and are keeping it busy on the track.

There is some encouragement in where the horse is trained. E Walker's yard at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire has sent out 76 winners this season — that is a busy, productive operation, and horses from that stable tend to be placed with care. Upper Lambourn sits at the heart of British racing country, surrounded by some of the sport's most serious training setups, and a trainer firing out winners at that rate knows what they are doing. Whether Laughterintherain can repay that faith with a first win remains to be seen, but it is in capable hands while it waits for everything to click.