Star Of Beauty

That placed effort — the third — is the one to hold onto. It means Star Of Beauty has at least troubled the judge once, which is more than some horses manage at this stage. The question is whether it can translate that promise into a win. With no victories from three attempts, the win rate sits at zero, but three races is a very small sample. Plenty of horses have taken four, five, or six runs before finding their feet.

The horse is trained by K J Condon at Rathbride in County Kildare, a yard that has sent out three winners already this season — so when the right opportunity arrives, this team clearly knows how to get a horse ready to win. Star Of Beauty raced 23 days ago and remains in active training, so the yard are clearly not done yet. With the season still in play and a young horse still learning the game, there is every reason to think the first win could come sooner rather than later.