Lynsey Larue

What makes that breakthrough particularly interesting is where it happened. Ffos Las is a compact, left-handed track tucked into the Welsh countryside, and it has become something of a home circuit for Mrs C Williams, the trainer based at Llancarfan in the Vale of Glamorgan — barely half an hour down the road. Williams has sent out 3 winners from her yard this season, and Lynsey Larue is now one of them. There is something fitting about a local horse finally delivering the goods at the local track.

The recent form tells a story of a horse coming into form at just the right moment. Looking at her last six races — most recent first — she has posted a win, a fourth, a blank run, a second, another fourth, and a further blank. That sequence of a second place followed by a win suggests a horse building confidence and finding her rhythm. She ran just one day ago, so whatever she did at Ffos Las on Wednesday, she is clearly in good shape right now.

The one small puzzle in her record is that her best class of racing — the level she typically competes at — has actually been her hardest hunting ground, with no wins from 6 attempts at that level. The breakthrough came, in other words, not by stepping down to easier company but simply by everything clicking on the day. Whether she can reproduce that form and add to her tally is the question worth watching. With a yard in good nick and a horse who clearly has a soft spot for her local track, the answer might not be long in coming.