Show Your Hand

The recent form makes for interesting reading. A finishing position of 17 the last time before that suggests one race where nothing went to plan, but the two second-place finishes either side of it show the talent is clearly there. Most recently it finished third, so the trajectory heading into its next start looks positive. It last raced just one day ago, which means the yard — sorry, which means the team — have a live, race-fit horse on their hands right now.

That team is trained by Adrian Keatley, based at Ryedale in North Yorkshire. Keatley's yard has sent out 43 winners already this season, which is a meaningful number — that is a stable producing results at a healthy clip, not one that is merely ticking over. A horse sitting on zero wins but trained by a yard in that kind of form has every reason to turn the corner sooner rather than later. The infrastructure and know-how to get a horse winning are clearly there. Show Your Hand just needs its moment.