Parliamo

What makes the win worth noting is where it came in the recent sequence. The last six runs read 1-4-4-6-8-3, and if you work backwards through that, you can see a horse that had gone through a rough patch — finishing eighth and sixth — before picking back up with a third place and then the win. That kind of turnaround, from mid-field struggles to a winner's enclosure, is exactly what keeps the yard patient and gives a horse a second wind.

Parliamo is trained by Mel Rowley, who operates out of Bridgnorth in Shropshire. The yard has sent out 12 winners already this season, which tells you this is not a stable making up the numbers — they clearly know how to place their horses and get results. Finding the right race for Parliamo at Ffos Las this week looks like another good piece of placing. The horse has tried three races at a higher class level without winning, but dropped into the right spot, the talent was clearly there.

With the win just a day old, Parliamo is very much a horse in the middle of its story rather than at the end of it.