BURATINO got a mention in an early Time Will Tell column for an impressive win on his debut at Chelmsford.

It has not all been smooth sailing for him since, but his Coventry win was decisive and in a good time for a two-year-old, let alone one at this stage of proceedings.

He had an experience advantage over runner-up Air Force Blue (107 provisional timefigure), of course, and the latter could easily still be the better long-term prospect and one of the flagbearers for Aidan O’Brien’s younger brigade.