Miss Malone To You

That said, she is trained by Michael Bell at Newmarket, and that context matters. Bell's yard has sent out 44 winners already this season, which tells you this is an operation that knows how to get horses to perform. Newmarket is one of the great training centres in British racing, and a horse coming from a yard firing at that rate is at least in good hands. Whether Bell can unlock something in Miss Malone To You remains to be seen.

What stands out is how recent all of this is — she raced just one day ago, so whatever happened last time out is still very fresh. Her form has actually gone in the wrong direction, sliding from two fifth-place finishes back to an eighth, which suggests she hasn't found her stride yet. At three years old there is still time for that to change, but she will need to show something markedly different before she becomes a horse worth getting excited about.