Kimi Rey

There is a temptation to read too much into a single result, but a debut winner is always worth paying attention to. Trainers generally do not run young horses until they believe they are ready, and Chantilly is a serious venue where weak performances get noticed. Winning first time out suggests Kimi Rey arrived at the track with ability already in place rather than needing races to find its feet.

The horse is trained in France by F-H Graffard, a yard that has sent out six winners already this season — a sign of a stable in decent form. After a break of around six weeks since that first run, the question now is simply what comes next and whether Kimi Rey can back it up. One race tells you a horse can win. The second race starts to tell you how good it actually is.