Rage Of Thunder

What makes the profile more interesting is the recent form. Strip away the longer view and focus on the last six races, and you see something that looks like a horse rediscovering itself: 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd, 15th, 16th — read from most recent backwards. Those three consecutive runner-up finishes before the Salisbury win suggest Rage Of Thunder had been knocking on the door for a while before finally breaking through. The two poor results at the back of that sequence look like a horse that was out of sorts; what followed looks like a horse that found its feet again.

Tom Queally rides more often than anyone else, partnering Rage Of Thunder in 7 of its 15 races and winning once — a win rate of 1 in 7, or about 14%. That's a meaningful enough record to suggest the combination works, even if it hasn't yet clicked into something more productive. Behind the scenes, the training operation is a strong one. Gary and Josh Moore, based in Lower Beeding in West Sussex, have sent out 99 winners already this season — a yard clearly in form and clearly capable of placing horses where they can win.

The one puzzle worth noting is that Rage Of Thunder has raced six times at Class 5 level — the more accessible end of the racing ladder — and is yet to win at that level, despite the Salisbury victory coming somewhere in that mix. Racing just one day ago, this is a horse very much in the thick of its season, and with a trainer firing winners at a serious rate, it won't be long before the yard look to build on that Salisbury breakthrough. Whether Rage Of Thunder can do it more than once is the question worth watching.