CONDITIONS were getting quicker again by Saturday, with watering discontinued. It led to a race-record time for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes since the track was relaid from The Tin Man and a near record time for a juvenile from September in the Chesham Stakes.

The former came in a race in which Kachy and Suedois did too much up front – I make the second to fourth furlongs about five lengths too fast given the prevailing conditions – with The Tin Man, Tasleet and Limato getting in each other’s way late on having all come through from some way back.

The Tin Man gets a 121 timefigure, which is second only to Marsha (123) among older horses in Britain and Ireland so far this year, while Tasleet registered a new personal best of 120. Limato was a bit below his best on 118 but still merits respect in his anticipated defence of the July Cup, in which he ran a 126 last year.

The Diamond Jubilee was run in a time 1.00s quicker than the Wokingham 40 minutes later, when the latter had been quicker than the former as often as not in the preceding decade.

As a result, the Wokingham winner Out Do (who carried 4lbs less than The Tin Man for good measure) gets a rather modest timefigure of 95. Sectional analysis shows that, following a slightly slow opening furlong, the leaders went about five lengths too fast in the second and third sections.

Unlike the Diamond Jubilee, the leaders were not ignored, which resulted in a fairly slow finish by these handicappers. Projection in third was first home of those on the stand side.

In time terms, September’s Chesham win – just 0.15s outside the previous juvenile best – was the best two-year-old performance of the season so far, though there was nothing of the calibre of Lady Aurelia’s Queen Mary win or Caravaggio’s Coventry win up against it at Royal Ascot this time round.

September was sensibly kept off a scorching pace set by Nyaleti before sweeping through approaching the final furlong to register a 112 timefigure. Nyaleti did extremely well to hang onto second with a 106 timefigure and could easily have a group race to her name by the end of the campaign, while Masar, who was conceding 5lb to the fillies, goes to the top of the two-year-old colts’ pecking order with a 111.