T E Hyde

The most notable thread in Hyde's record so far is a recurring partnership with Focus Point, a horse the yard has sent out four times without managing to get to the winner's enclosure. Four races, four near-misses or worse — it tells the story of a trainer still searching for the moment everything clicks.

Getting a first winner is genuinely hard. Even experienced trainers with full yards and big budgets go through lean spells. For a smaller operation still building up four years in, patience is the only currency that matters right now. That breakthrough, when it comes, will mean something.