Werner

Werner is a four-year-old with a single race to his name, finishing second on debut just over a week ago. That's a solid start for any horse stepping onto the track for the first time — plenty of animals come out worse in their opening run. The horse was trained by Gordon Elliott, who operates from Longwood in County Meath and has already sent out 210 winners this season, so Werner is working in a yard with serious form and experience getting horses ready for racing. There is not much more to say yet. Werner is too fresh and untested to draw any real conclusions about his ability or future prospects. The second-place finish suggests he ran respectably, but one race tells you almost nothing about a horse's ceiling. If Werner stays sound and gets out on the track again soon, that will be when his real story begins.