Vitality

Trained by Charlie Johnston at Middleham Moor in North Yorkshire, Vitality is part of a yard in excellent form this season with 131 winners sent out already. That kind of record suggests Johnston knows his craft, and the presence of Vitality in the stable means the trainer sees something worth persisting with. For a horse still at the 3-year-old stage with only nine races under its belt, time remains on the side, but the window for establishing a winning pattern is starting to narrow. What Vitality needs now is a race where things fall into place — the right pace, the right ground, the right distance — and that elusive first win finally arrives.