Poetic Twist

What gives the team genuine cause for optimism is where Poetic Twist is trained. Gordon Elliott's yard at Longwood in County Meath is one of the most powerful operations in jump racing, and this season alone they have sent out 210 winners — that is a staggering number, meaning Elliott's horses have been winning at a rate most trainers can only dream about. When a horse like Poetic Twist sits in that environment, surrounded by that level of expertise and firepower, it tends to mean the people around it know exactly what they're doing with it.

Poetic Twist raced just yesterday, which tells you this is a horse right in the middle of its campaign, actively being placed and tested. Three placings from four races is not a bad return — it means the horse is rarely out of the picture — but at some point, a horse needs to convert that consistency into a win. With Elliott's record of finding the right opportunity for his horses, that moment may not be far away.