Laurasia

Laurasia is a three-year-old trained by Laura Mongan at her yard in Epsom, Surrey — a famously hilly training base that suits horses with a particular kind of fitness and stride. Mongan has sent out one winner from her yard so far this season, so this is a small operation where every runner counts. Laurasia has done most of its racing at Class 4 level, which sits in the middle tier of British racing — not the elite end, but not the very bottom either. Three races at that level have produced nothing yet, with a win rate of zero from three attempts.

Raced as recently as yesterday, Laurasia is clearly an active project rather than a horse being nursed along quietly. At three years old, there is still time for things to click — horses of this age are still developing physically, and some take longer than others to work out what racing is actually asking of them. Whether Laurasia is one of those late developers or simply a horse finding its level remains to be seen, but the team at Epsom will be hoping the penny drops sooner rather than later.