Ziggy's Avenger

What does offer a reason for patience is the yard behind the horse. Michael Bell trains out of Newmarket in Suffolk — one of the most famous racing towns in the world — and has sent out 45 winners already this season. That's a stable in good form, which means Ziggy's Avenger isn't languishing in a yard that's struggling. When a trainer is firing in winners at that rate, horses in their care tend to get the right opportunities at the right time.

Ziggy's Avenger raced just one day ago, so this is very much a horse in the thick of its campaign. At 3 years old, there's room to develop, and plenty of horses take time to click before they start repaying faith. The next few races will tell us a lot about whether that third-place finish was a sign of things to come or simply a better day on the track.