Sydney Rock

The recent form makes for interesting reading. Three consecutive second-place finishes to start its career suggested a horse knocking hard on the door, but the last two runs — finishing seventh and tenth — point to a dip in form that the yard will be keen to reverse. It raced just yesterday, so the yard are clearly keeping it busy and looking for the right opportunity to get that elusive first win on the board.

Sydney Rock is trained by Oliver Cole at Whatcombe in Oxfordshire, a yard that has sent out 8 winners already this season — proof that the operation knows how to get horses over the line. The puzzle is finding the race where Sydney Rock can do the same. At three years old, there is still plenty of time, and horses of this age can improve quickly as they fill out physically and learn their job. The early placings show the talent is somewhere in there. The trick now is unlocking it.