Lewis Carroll

The key to understanding Lewis Carroll might be in the details of that winning run. Jockey Ryan Moore reported that seven furlongs presented no problem, and the horse handled the ease in the ground well enough. What caught O'Brien's attention was Moore's surprise at how readily the horse responded when asked to go forward — the jockey felt he'd asked a touch too early in the soft conditions. That suggests there's genuine ability there, a horse that can quicken when it matters, but one that perhaps still lacks the physical maturity or racing nous to find the same rhythm consistently. At three years old, that's not uncommon, and with The Curragh victory now half a year in the past and a race run just days ago, Lewis Carroll remains very much a work in progress. Whether he rediscovers that Curragh spark will define the rest of his three-year-old season.