Miss Elizabeth Anne Lalor

What keeps it in perspective is that training racehorses is one of the hardest jobs in sport. Small yards can go long stretches without a winner simply because they are running horses against stiffer competition, or waiting for younger horses to develop. Lalor is four years in, which means she is still in the relatively early stages of building a string and a reputation. The first winner, when it comes, will matter more than most.

There is not enough in the numbers yet to say where her strengths lie or what kind of horses she does best with. That story is still being written.