IT is perfectly normal at this time of year to become bamboozled by the plethora of data that is available. Top-class flat action collides with the jumps season finale at Sandown and the Punchestown Festival, and an adequate filtration process is required to highlight what is most pertinent.

This process is helped by the fact that data can contextualise performances and make some much more interesting than others. Sandown is the place to start last week, where Opera Ballo and Saddadd produced taking visual performances which can be understood by the key data that they produced.