Spectacular Diver

What works in this horse's favour is the team behind it. Trainer Tim Easterby, operating out of Great Habton in North Yorkshire, has sent out 126 winners already this season — that's a yard firing on all cylinders, and horses in that kind of form environment tend to benefit. Easterby has a long track record of developing young horses patiently, so being 0 from 3 at two years old is far from a crisis. Most promising young horses take time to click into gear, and with a race just yesterday, this is clearly a yard that keeps its horses busy and confident.

Three races is a tiny sample. For context, some two-year-olds take five or six outings before it all comes together. The recent run of results — finishing sixth, then fifth, then second — actually tells a quietly encouraging story: the trend is heading in the right direction. If that improving trajectory continues, a first win may not be far away.