Terranoble

The recent form reads 1-3-7 — a win, a place, then a seventh — which tells a familiar story for a young horse still finding its feet. The placed effort in the middle shows Terranoble can compete and hit the frame, while the seventh is the kind of result you'd rather forget, though not unusual for a horse still learning the job. What matters is that the winning run came first and was confirmed by a placed effort next time, suggesting that Wolverhampton debut wasn't a fluke.

After a break of 58 days, Terranoble returns fresh rather than race-hardened, and how a horse bounces back from a short layoff can tell you a lot about its constitution and the confidence the team has in it. Denis Coakley, based at West Ilsley in Berkshire, has sent out 10 winners already this season, which suggests a yard in decent form and worth following. Coakley is not a trainer who throws horses into races without a plan, so Terranoble's return will be worth watching closely.

At just three years old and with only three races behind it, this horse is very much a work in progress — but the foundations look promising. Whether Terranoble can build on that January win and develop into something more substantial is the interesting question that the next few months should start to answer.