The 100/1 Winner We Found, Backed, and Missed

Painting seen over the shoulder of a flat-capped man at a grandstand rail, watching a lone racehorse draw clear of the field up the straight, the rest of the runners strung out behind.

A bumper horse flagged on debut, backed at 100/1 on second run, then abandoned on the third. He won at 100/1. This is the case study of how a properly identified winner was missed at the moment it mattered — and the discipline lesson that has not aged a day.