Chicago Moon

What keeps things interesting is who is doing the training. Henry De Bromhead's yard at Knockeen in Co Waterford is one of the most productive operations in racing right now — 107 winners this season alone. When a trainer is firing in results at that kind of rate, it tells you the horses in his care are getting every possible chance. Chicago Moon hasn't delivered yet, but it is hard to argue it's being let down by the team around it. Sometimes a young horse simply needs time to find its feet, and at three years old, there is still room for the penny to drop.

Raced just yesterday, Chicago Moon is very much an active project rather than a finished article. Whether improvement is around the corner remains to be seen, but with a trainer of De Bromhead's calibre in the other corner, it would be unwise to write this one off entirely.