Breaking Cover

The recent form tells an interesting story. After last week's fourth-place finish, Breaking Cover came back within days to win, which is no easy feat. Before that was another fourth, indicating the horse had been knocking on the door. This pattern of near-misses followed by a breakthrough win is exactly what you see when a trainer gets a horse tuned up and ready. Honeyball's operation at Mosterton has been in good form this season with 51 winners already, so Breaking Cover arrives into a yard that knows how to get results. At eight years old, this horse is in its prime racing years, and having finally broken through to the winner's circle, it has proved it belongs there — the question now is whether this was a one-off or the start of something more consistent.