Showmethebubbles

What works in Showmethebubbles' favour is the yard behind it. Brian Ellison trains out of Norton in North Yorkshire and has sent out 43 winners already this season — that's a stable in genuinely good form, and Ellison has a track record of developing young horses over time. When a trainer is firing at that kind of volume, they tend to know which horses are progressing quietly and which have simply hit their ceiling. The fact that Showmethebubbles is still being raced — it ran just yesterday — suggests Ellison sees something worth persisting with.

At two years old, patience is the word. Some horses take half a season just to understand what racing is actually asking of them, and finishing mid-pack three times isn't necessarily a disaster at this stage. Whether the penny drops soon is the question worth watching.