Sindagan

What keeps the interest alive is the quality of the operation behind it. Sindagan is trained by J P Murtagh at Coolaghknock Glebe in County Kildare, and the yard has sent out 53 winners already this season — a serious total that marks this out as one of the sharper training operations around. When a yard is winning at that kind of volume, the horses in their care tend to be placed with care and purpose, which means Sindagan's run of near-misses is unlikely to be accidental. A trainer sending out that many winners knows exactly what their horses need, and the consistent placing suggests Sindagan is being targeted at the right races.

Having raced just one day ago, Sindagan is bang in form and clearly a horse being kept busy. The question everyone around the yard will be asking is simple: when does the penny drop? Horses that place this consistently without winning are often just waiting for the right day — the right conditions, the right pace in the race, the right moment. With a record this tidy and a trainer this productive, that day may not be far off.