Totally Puzzled

Henry De Bromhead's Knockeen yard in Waterford is firing on all cylinders this season with 110 winners, so Totally Puzzled has every chance to improve with such a high-class operation behind it. The gap of three months between the win in May and now hints that the trainer has been selective about where to run the horse, waiting for the right opportunity rather than throwing it at every race. That kind of patience often pays off, but it also means Totally Puzzled is still learning. With just three races under its belt, it has barely scratched the surface of what it might become. The question now is whether that recent sixth signals a temporary setback or the start of a difficult spell — either way, a young horse at this stage of its career lives race to race.