You Mystify Me

That sequence of results — a poor run followed by a second and then a third — is actually an encouraging shape. The most recent effort, finishing third just yesterday, shows this is a horse in active form and apparently being kept busy by the yard, which usually means the team believes there's a race to be won somewhere in the near future.

The trainer behind all this is the partnership of Michael and David Easterby, operating out of Sheriff Hutton in North Yorkshire. Fifty-five winners in a single season is a serious number — that's the kind of output that marks out a yard running at full tilt, with horses placed in the right races and fit enough to win them. A horse trained there isn't an afterthought; it's part of a well-oiled operation that knows how to get results. For You Mystify Me, being in that environment while still learning the ropes as a three-year-old is no bad place to be. The name might raise an eyebrow, but the trajectory suggests the puzzle is starting to come together.