Deputy Vice

What gives the profile some genuine interest is the trainer behind it. Rebecca Menzies has sent out 36 winners from her Durham base this season, which tells you this is a yard that knows how to get horses ready to win. When a stable is firing at that kind of volume, a young horse still finding its way is often simply waiting for the right race and the right day to click. Deputy Vice raced just yesterday, so this is a story very much still being written.

Whether the horse can convert its placings into a first victory remains to be seen, but with an active campaign underway and a trainer in confident form, there is every reason to keep watching.