Hollysaway

Trained by Ella Pickard out of Timberscombe in Somerset, Hollysaway is part of a yard that has quietly sent out five winners already this season. That suggests Pickard knows what she is doing with her horses, and a trainer with that kind of productivity this season will have a plan for a young horse still finding her feet. Five winners from a small rural base is no accident — it points to a stable that places its horses carefully and gets the best out of them. Whether Hollysaway is simply still learning the ropes or needs a specific type of race to show her best, the team around her clearly has enough form in the yard to suggest patience is warranted.

She raced just one day ago, which means she is right in the middle of her campaign. With only two races to her name, it is genuinely too early to draw firm conclusions — some horses take several outings before the penny drops. What is worth watching is whether that jump from 12th to 6th continues in the right direction.