What does offer some encouragement is where Givendale calls home. The yard of Nigel Tinkler, tucked away at Langton in North Yorkshire, has sent out 37 winners already this season — a genuinely productive operation that knows how to get horses ready to run and, more importantly, ready to win. Tinkler is not a trainer who fills up race cards with horses that have no business being there. When his horses improve, they tend to improve properly.
Givendale raced just yesterday, so this is a horse very much in the middle of its story rather than at the end of it. Two-year-olds often take several races to find their feet, and the jump from twelfth to fifth in the space of two runs is at least movement in the right direction. Whether there is more to come will become clearer soon enough.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverley Undulating |
1 | 1 other | 4 May | 0% |
| Redcar Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 18 May | 0% |