Storm On Jura

That fourth-place finish stands out as the closest it has come to a breakthrough. It is the one moment in the record where Storm On Jura looked like it might be mixing it with the front-runners, and it is the kind of result a trainer points to when making the case that there is something worth persisting with. Whether that optimism is justified remains to be seen.

The horse is trained by Jim Goldie at his yard in Uplawmoor, Lanarkshire, and it is worth noting that Goldie's operation is in decent health this season — 88 winners sent out is a serious body of work, and it shows the yard knows how to get horses winning. Storm On Jura has not yet been one of them. It has raced four times at Class 5, the level just above the very bottom of the sport in Britain, and has drawn a blank in all four of those runs. That is the level where horses come to find confidence and get their noses in front, and so far it has not clicked. With its last race just a day ago, the team will be pouring over that performance now, looking for the small signs that things might be about to turn.