At just two years old, Speedboat is at the very start of what could be a long career. The trainer, P Twomey, operates out of Cashel in County Tipperary and has been in fine form this season — 35 winners sent out from the yard tells you this is a team that knows what it is doing and is not short of ammunition. When a trainer in that kind of form sends out a first-time runner, it is usually worth paying attention.
Beyond that, the racecourse will tell us everything the breeding charts cannot.