Alfred Wincham

He is trained by Anthony McCann, based out of Castleblaney in County Monaghan, and the yard is clearly in good form at the moment, having sent out seven winners already this season. When a horse debuts from a yard running this hot, it tends to mean the trainer has sent him out ready — McCann would have known what he had on his hands before that first race.

There is not a lot of history to pick through with Alfred Wincham yet, which is actually part of what makes him interesting. Everything is still ahead of him. Whether that debut win was hard-fought or comfortable, whether it came on wet ground or dry, what kind of company he beat — those are the details that will start to build a picture over the coming months. For now, though, he goes into whatever comes next with a perfect record and a yard in form behind him. Worse places to be.