Western Roses

There is not much of a record to analyse yet, and that is entirely the point. One race tells you almost nothing about a horse's true ability; it is barely an introduction. What matters now is what Jonathan Sweeney and his team in Kildinan, Co Cork make of that debut effort and where they point Western Roses next.

Sweeney's yard has been in decent form this season, sending out 8 winners, which suggests a capable operation behind this horse. A fourth-place finish on debut is far from a disaster — plenty of horses need that first run to blow away the cobwebs before they start showing what they can really do. Whether Western Roses is one of those remains to be seen.