Law Court

Law Court, a three-year-old who raced just yesterday, sits in that interesting middle ground. No wins so far, but two places from three races tells a slightly different story to a horse that has simply been beaten out of sight every time. Finishing second and third in two of those three outings means Law Court has been competitive — placed horses are at least in the conversation at the finish line, even if they haven't crossed it first.

The recent form reads 2-3-4, which shows a horse that started the sequence with a runner-up finish, has since slipped a little, and is currently trending in the wrong direction. That fourth-place finish in the most recent run before yesterday's race is the one that asks a question. Whether yesterday's outing reversed that slide is the number to watch. The honest assessment right now is that Law Court is a horse still searching for its first win, in a yard that clearly knows how to find one — Hannon's team have done it 115 times already this season alone.

Three-year-olds are often works in progress, and coming out of a yard this busy and this successful counts for something. Hannon and his team have the horses, the experience, and clearly the form to get results. Whether Law Court can add to that tally is the open question, but with a horse this young, still racing, and placed more often than not, it would be premature to write it off.