Saveforarainyday

A 20% win rate — one win from every five races — is a perfectly respectable return at this stage of a career, but it is the recent form that catches the eye. Running 1-2 in your last two races is the kind of consistency that trainers notice, and Gavin Cromwell is not short of experience reading those signals. Based at Navan in Co. Meath, Cromwell's yard has sent out 97 winners already this season, which tells you this is not a small operation taking pot luck. When a yard that productive keeps a horse active — Saveforarainyday ran just yesterday — it is usually because they believe there is more to come.

The Limerick win in February came on what was, in all likelihood, wet and testing ground given the time of year in Ireland, so it will be worth watching whether the horse continues to be placed in similar conditions as the yard search for the right opportunities. At five, there is still room to progress, and with a trainer firing winners at this rate behind the scenes, Saveforarainyday looks like a horse worth following rather than writing off after an uneven start to its career.