What does give genuine cause for interest is the yard sending this horse out. Trained by the partnership of Kim Bailey and Mat Nicholls, based in Cheltenham, the team has been in seriously good form this season — 31 winners already, which tells you this is a stable that knows how to get a horse ready to race. When a yard in that kind of groove takes the trouble to run a first-timer, it is usually because they like what they have seen at home. That counts for something.
Beyond that, first appearances are exactly what they sound like. Pether's Angel could be anything — and today is when we start to find out.