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What we do know is that Adrian Paul Keatley's yard in Ryedale, North Yorkshire has been in fine form this season, sending out 42 winners — a number that tells you this is not a small operation making up the numbers. Horses leaving that yard are expected to compete, and when a trainer is firing at that kind of volume, they tend to know which of their young horses carry genuine promise. The name on this one suggests someone in the team believes the best is still to come — and with only a single third-place finish on the clock, there is no evidence yet to argue otherwise.

For a two-year-old, one race really is nothing. These are horses still learning what racing is, still figuring out the noise and the crowds and what it means when the stalls open. A debut third is a perfectly respectable starting point, and plenty of horses that finish placed first time out come back sharper and faster once they have had that experience under their belt. The next run will tell us considerably more.