What we do know is the breeding. Her father is Havana Grey, a sprinter who was one of the quickest horses of his generation in Britain and has made a strong start to his career as a sire. Her mother is by Al Kazeem, a horse who excelled over a mile and beyond and won some of the biggest races in the country. That pairing of speed on one side and stamina on the other makes it genuinely difficult to predict what distance will suit Virtue Charity best — that is something today's race will begin to answer.
She is trained by Amanda Perrett at a small yard in Pulborough in West Sussex, and the operation has already sent out five winners so far this season — a healthy return for a stable of this size. Perrett is a trainer who knows how to produce a horse ready to run on debut, so Virtue Charity arriving fit and prepared should not be taken for granted — it is a reasonable expectation.