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The recent form reads 3 then 5, which means a decent third-place finish followed by a fifth. That fifth-place run was literally yesterday, so this is a horse very much in the thick of its first season, learning the job race by race. It would be unfair to read too much into two outings for any two-year-old — some of the best horses take time to put it all together.

What does give reason for quiet confidence is who is doing the training. James Fanshawe's yard in Newmarket, the heartland of British flat racing, has sent out 47 winners this season alone. That is a yard firing on all cylinders, and horses in that kind of form rarely end up in the paddock by accident. If Fanshawe has kept Location Location in training and racing, there is likely something he likes about what he sees at home. Whether the horse can convert that promise into a win is the question — but with a competent team behind it and only two races in the book, the story is only just beginning.