The trainer is Donnacha Aidan O'Brien, operating out of Ballyroe in County Tipperary, and the yard has been in sharp form this season — 30 winners already, which tells you this is not an operation that sends horses out just to fill a field. When a stable like this puts a well-bred three-year-old on a track for the first time, it is worth paying attention. Whether Numantia lives up to the promise of those bloodlines is a question only the race itself can answer.