The trainer, James Ferguson, operates out of Newmarket — the heartland of British flat racing — and has had a productive season, sending out 28 winners. That kind of output from a Newmarket yard signals genuine quality and organisation, and it means that when Ferguson runs a two-year-old for the first time, it is usually because the horse has shown something at home worth finding out about on a track. First-time-out runners from busy, successful yards are always worth watching.
Beyond that, the race itself will tell us everything. Avaron arrives as an unknown quantity, which in horse racing can sometimes be the most exciting thing of all.