Tullyesker

What's worth noting is that Tullyesker raced just yesterday, so this is very much a horse in active campaigning. The team at Dunleer in County Louth, trained by Donal Kinsella, clearly have faith that the right opportunity is still out there. Kinsella's yard has sent out one winner so far this season, which gives a sense of the scale of the operation — this is a small, no-frills stable rather than a big powerhouse yard, and every runner matters. For a trainer like that, finding the right spot for a horse like Tullyesker — a race where the competition drops to a level it can genuinely compete at — is the puzzle that needs solving.

Zero wins and zero places from four races is a hard record to put a positive spin on, but Tullyesker is still young, still racing, and the story isn't finished yet. Plenty of horses take time to work things out.