Gerard Kelleher

The most notable relationship in his yard to date has been with Loyal Praetorian, a horse the pair have campaigned together eight times without finding the winner's enclosure. Eight races is a meaningful sample — enough to tell you something is proving difficult, even if the right day hasn't come yet.

It would be unfair to write off a trainer four years in. Small yards take time to build, and winners can be elusive when you're working with limited numbers. But Kelleher will know better than anyone that the scoreboard needs to change, and soon. Every trainer starts somewhere — the question now is whether the breakthrough is around the corner.