Miss Moneypit

That fourth-place finish is at least a step in the right direction. Going from eighth to fourth suggests she is starting to find her feet, which is entirely normal for a young horse still learning what racing is all about. Two-year-olds often need time to figure it all out, and writing off any horse at this stage would be premature.

What does offer some encouragement is the team behind her. Rod Millman trains out of Kentisbeare in Devon, and his yard has sent out 42 winners this season — a healthy total that shows this is an outfit that knows how to get horses ready to perform. A trainer with that kind of season record tends to know when a young horse has something worth nurturing, so the fact that Miss Moneypit is still running suggests Millman sees potential worth developing. Sometimes the most interesting stories are the ones that haven't quite started yet.