AS Oscar Wilde or Winston Churchill or The Indigo Girls or someone once surely said, the Derby picture is now twice as cloudy as it was the day before, when we went into the Dante seeking clarity.

The first problem with the Dante in the context of the Derby was that Cracksman didn’t run in it. He was withdrawn on the morning of the race because of the soft ground. (Which, incidentally, as things transpired, probably wasn’t as soft on the Knavesmire as people were saying. The name doesn’t help. Knavesmire. It would be like naming a rottweiler Cuddles and trying to convince people that he was fierce).