Peter Maher

His most-used jockey is Sean O'Keeffe, who has ridden 31 times for the team without a win between them — a partnership that has plenty of experience together but is still waiting to click. The more productive alliance, on paper, has been with Patty O'Farrell, who has ridden 12 times for Maher and is responsible for that sole winner. Small sample sizes can be misleading, but it suggests O'Farrell may be worth watching when the name appears alongside Maher's in a racecard.

One small tactical note: Maher's horses appear to go best on normal ground, where they have won 1 from 23 races — a 4% win rate that is actually double the yard's overall average. That modest edge on a standard surface is the kind of thing seasoned punters would quietly file away.

Four years in, Maher is clearly operating at the lower end of the training ranks for now. But every successful yard started somewhere, and the step from zero winners to one — with a slight uptick in win rate — means the direction of travel is at least pointing the right way.