Pacific Glory

What works in Pacific Glory's favour is the stable it calls home. Tim Easterby's yard at Great Habton in North Yorkshire has sent out 126 winners already this season, which is the kind of output that marks out a genuinely busy and well-organised operation. A trainer firing at that volume tends to know exactly when a horse is ready to go and which race suits it. Pacific Glory raced just yesterday, so the yard — sorry, so the team — clearly have the horse in good enough shape to keep it active, and that confidence in running it so recently suggests they are working towards something.

Two races is a tiny sample. Some horses take half a dozen runs before it clicks, and at three years old, Pacific Glory has time on its side. The one to watch for is whether that upward trajectory from ninth to fourth continues next time out.