Roman Crystal

What is encouraging is that the horse remains actively campaigned by Michael and David Easterby, the Sheriff Hutton-based training partnership that has sent out 55 winners already this season. The yard clearly sees potential worth pursuing, even if results have dried up in the month since that Ayr breakthrough. Roman Crystal raced just yesterday, meaning the yard are keeping the pressure on and searching for the right conditions to click again. For a 2-year-old with only a handful of races under its belt, there is still time to develop. The form reads as a horse that won once convincingly but has yet to find the consistency needed to establish itself as a serious prospect. Whether that Ayr win was a sign of things to come or a flash in the pan remains to be seen.