Queen Of Astolat

What works in her favour is the stable she calls home. Charlie Fellowes trains out of Newmarket — the heartland of British flat racing — and his yard has sent out 21 winners already this season, which tells you this is an operation that knows how to get horses ready to win. A busy, successful trainer with a Newmarket base gives Queen Of Astolat every practical advantage: good facilities, experienced staff, and the kind of daily competition in training that can sharpen a horse up. She raced just yesterday, so she is very much in active campaign, and Fellowes clearly believes there is a race to be won with her somewhere.

The honest truth is that zero wins from five races is a tough record to put a shine on. But plenty of three-year-olds take time to find their feet, and one placing from five suggests she is not simply making up the numbers — she has at least been in the conversation once. Whether she can build on that and finally get her head in front remains to be seen, but with a lively yard behind her and youth on her side, she has not run out of chances yet.