Palace Artois

What makes the story worth following, though, is who is doing the training. William Haggas is one of the most respected names in British racing, operating out of Newmarket in Suffolk — the historic home of flat racing in this country. His yard has sent out 170 winners already this season, which is a remarkable volume of success and puts him firmly among the elite trainers in the game. When a trainer of that calibre keeps running a horse, it usually means they believe there is something worth finding. Haggas doesn't need the entries.

Palace Artois raced just yesterday and is clearly being kept busy, which suggests the team are trying different things to find the right conditions for this horse to show what it can do. At three years old, it is still relatively inexperienced in the grand scheme of things, and plenty of horses have taken time to figure things out at this age. Whether Palace Artois is one of them remains to be seen — but with Haggas in the corner, it would be unwise to completely write it off just yet.