Prince of Calypso

The real story emerges when you look at what distances suit it best. Over 1m6f to 2m—the longer races—Prince of Calypso has won 2 of 3 races, a 67 percent conversion rate that is genuinely impressive. This is a horse that stretches out and runs harder the further it goes, which tells you something important about its constitution and class. Its most recent outing came just this week, a win at Catterick Bridge on 30 September, and before that a place at Wolverhampton just days earlier. The pattern in its last six races—first, fifth, first, third, seventh, third—shows a horse capable of quality days but not yet stone-cold consistent.

Edward Bethell's Middleham yard is working with serious firepower this season, having sent out 61 winners already, so Prince of Calypso is getting top-level attention. The horse's debut win came at Wolverhampton in mid-August, and it has already raced seven times in a few months—suggesting the yard believes it has something worth campaigning. For a three-year-old still working out its preferences, Prince of Calypso looks like a horse with real staying power and the kind of course profile that should make it progressively harder to beat as it learns.