Mr Babes

At four years old, Mr Babes is not ancient, but the clock is ticking on turning that blank record into something more encouraging. A ten-month absence is long enough to suggest something needed attention — whether that was form, fitness, or simply finding the right opportunity to try again. The return from that kind of break is always worth watching, because horses can come back genuinely improved, or they can come back and tell you the same story all over again.

There is nothing here yet to get excited about, and that is the honest truth. But every horse with a decent record somewhere had to start from zero, and Mr Babes gets another chance to write a better opening chapter.