Lincoln Du Seuil

What makes this story more complicated, and more interesting, is who is doing the training. Willie Mullins, based in Muine Bheag in County Carlow, is not a trainer you associate with also-rans. His yard has sent out 220 winners already this season — a staggering number that puts most operations in the British and Irish game to shame. When a horse sits in that stable, it is surrounded by some of the best talent, preparation, and expertise in the sport. The fact that Mullins keeps running Lincoln Du Seuil suggests the team believes there is something there worth finding.

The recent form figures tell their own story. Reading from most recent backwards, they go: a fall or unseated rider, then 17th, 3rd, 10th, and 6th. That third place is the flicker of promise buried in an otherwise difficult sequence. The horse raced just one day ago, so it is very much an active project — whatever comes next will tell us a good deal about which direction Lincoln Du Seuil is heading.