Order Of The Dance

Trained by David Pipe at his yard in Nicholashayne, Somerset, Order Of The Dance is in capable hands. Pipe's operation has sent out 37 winners already this season — a yard firing on all cylinders — so the horse is surrounded by a team that knows how to get results. Ffos Las, the Welsh track where Order Of The Dance broke through, is a relatively tight, flat circuit that suits horses with a smooth, consistent style of racing rather than explosive turn of foot. Getting a first win there isn't just luck; it suggests the horse and its the yard found the right conditions at the right time.

The horse last raced just one day ago, which means it is very much in active campaign mode right now. Whether the yard can build on that Ffos Las breakthrough and find more wins to add to the tally is the interesting question. One from eleven is a thin record, but horses that reach their first win after a long series of near-misses sometimes click into a new gear once they know how to do it. Order Of The Dance has shown enough placed form to suggest the talent is real — the job now is turning promise into a proper winning sequence.