Mrs Grainne M O'Connor

The most interesting thread in her record so far is her partnership with Love Bite. Six races together and one win is not a dominant record on paper, but the fact that she keeps returning to the same horse tells you something about the relationship between a small trainer and a horse they know inside out. When those partnerships click, they tend to produce results at the right moment.

At four years in, O'Connor is exactly where you would expect a trainer still finding her footing — working with a small string, learning which horses suit which conditions, and picking her spots carefully. The trainers who build something lasting tend to do it quietly, one runner at a time, and there is nothing in her record to suggest she is doing anything other than exactly that.