ENABLE’S Sandown effort was the best winning time performance in Ireland and Britain in the period under review by some way, but there were smart efforts from Elarqam (116) and Falcon Eight (113, including a sizeable sectional upgrade) in victory in listed races at the same course.

The latter represented a clever piece of placement from Dermot Weld, and Falcon Eight appeals as just about up to winning a Group 3: when he was beaten in one at Naas last autumn it was just his third career start.

The Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes fourth Liberty Beach was an impressive winner of the listed race at Sandown on Friday, posting a time 0.11s quicker than the older-horse handicap winner in the race before.

She might have been inconvenienced by the draw at Royal Ascot, but this still looks to signify improvement, and a 105 timefigure certainly suggests so.

The one-mile time comparison at Sandown between Mojito in the handicap and Hidden Message in the Listed Distaff reflects well on the latter but is also a result of the former being a tactical affair. Mojito’s effort gets a 97 timefigure boosted to 107 on sectionals (runner-up Escobar did well at 91/104), while Hidden Message’s was 107 in both regards.

Neither the Group 2 bet365 Lancashire Oaks at Haydock nor the Group 3 Coral Charge at Sandown was especially strong for the grade, but both were pretty well-run, as shown by sectionals, and Enbihaar (109) and Kurious (110) respectively deserve full credit.

The former won in a time 0.43s slower than Kelly’s Dino did in the bet365 Old Newton Cup but carried 7lbs more than that one, who gets an up-to-scratch 106 timefigure.

The valuable 14-furlong handicap for three-year-olds which opened the card was steadily-run and Sir Ron Priestley managed a rather underwhelming 95 timefigure as a consequence in winning it.

A quartet of up-and-coming horses clocked useful winning times during the week and look the types to make their marks in stronger company.

Heritage managed to win a five-furlong maiden at Bath by a remarkable seven lengths and 11, running to 103, Dal Horrisgle at Haydock and Logician at Newbury both completed hat-tricks in small-field handicaps running to 106, and Deja made it win number four in a row at Kempton in good style with a 103 time rating.

To say it was a quiet week on the flat in Ireland would be an understatement. There were no group races and just the one listed race, and that – the Coolmore US Navy Flag Tipperary Stakes – went to a British challenger in Strive For Glory.

This is difficult to assess from a time point of view, as the only race on the card on the straight course, but there is every reason to think that the winner ran to something like the 100 sectional figure he had managed beforehand.