Clonbury Court

The one bright spot is the place, which at least shows the horse has finished respectably on at least one occasion and isn't simply making up the numbers. Whether that signals improvement to come is the key question. Trained by J P Dempsey out of Carbury in County Kildare, Clonbury Court is part of a yard that has sent out 16 winners this season — so the operation clearly knows how to get horses into the winner's enclosure. The talent and the infrastructure are there around it. The horse just hasn't found its moment yet.

At 4 years old and with only four races behind it, there is still time. Some horses take a while to figure out what they're doing, and a trainer with a productive season suggests Clonbury Court will keep getting opportunities to show what it can do.