My Boy Aaron

The recent form is actually encouragingly consistent. Ignoring a poor run and a pulled-up effort earlier in the sequence, My Boy Aaron has finished second, third, and third in three of its last completed races — the kind of pattern that suggests a horse finding its rhythm and racing with purpose. It ran just yesterday, so it is as fit and race-sharp as it will ever be.

Robert Stephens trains the horse from his yard in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, a small operation that punches with conviction — 11 winners sent out already this season is a solid return for a yard of its size. Stephens clearly knows how to get a horse ready to run, and My Boy Aaron has largely been doing its job by placing consistently at Class 5 level, which is the bread-and-butter tier of British racing where most horses spend their working lives.

The honest truth is that a horse with no wins from nine races and a record of 0 from 3 at its typical level needs something to go right — a gap in the field, a rival who has an off day, or simply a race where everything clicks at once. My Boy Aaron has shown it belongs in these races. The next step is proving it can win one.