Some Song

What gives this profile some real weight is the name above the stable door. Henry De Bromhead, based at Knockeen in County Waterford, is one of the most respected trainers in jump racing, and his yard has sent out 107 winners already this season — a figure that reflects genuine depth and quality across the string. When a horse comes out of that operation having won on debut and placed twice more, it tends to suggest the team know exactly what they are doing with it, and that better days are being planned rather than stumbled into.

Some Song is six years old, an age at which horses are typically just finding their feet at a decent level rather than winding down. The Down Royal win was five months ago, so there will be plenty of interest in seeing whether it can build on that foundation when it next appears.