Milady Du Breuil

What is worth noting, though, is that Milady Du Breuil is still racing. She ran just one day ago, which means the team around her clearly believe there is more to come. Trainer Christian Williams, based at Ogmore-By-Sea in Glamorgan, is no stranger to getting results — his yard has sent out 25 winners already this season, which is a healthy return and shows this is an operation that knows how to get horses performing. The fact that a yard with that kind of firepower keeps running Milady Du Breuil suggests patience rather than desperation.

At Class 4 level — the middle tier of British racing, where horses of a similar standard are grouped together — she has run three times without winning. That is the grade where she ought to be competitive, and she has not been. At four years old she is still relatively young, and some horses simply take time to find their feet. But right now, the record says it all: six races, nothing to show for any of them.