THE remainder of the Curragh meeting had plenty of interest but nothing to set clock-watchers purring in the way that Churchill and Winter did.

Whereas those two winners recorded finishing speed percentages (speed in last three furlongs compared to speed overall) only a little over the par of around 102, many of the other races were less truly-run. One beauty of the finishing-speed metric is that it is a ratio and so is barely affected by ground conditions.

Decorated Knight is a speedy 10-furlong horse, and a steady pace/quick finish suited him in the Tattersalls Gold Cup, which he took with a timefigure of just 99 and a finishing speed of 111.5%.

Runner-up Somehow came from further back, as well as encountering traffic, and should be rated the winner by a length or two according to sectional-upgrading methodology.

Homesman’s win in the Airlie Stud Gallinule Stakes was similarly influenced by pace, with a finishing speed of 111.7% and a timefigure of just 80, though in that context the colt did well to come from a few lengths back.

The wins of Brother Bear (Marble Hill Stakes), Gordon Lord Byron (Greenlands Stakes) and Creggs Pipes (Lanwades Stud Stakes) came in more evenly-run fashion and resulted in useful, but no better, timefigures of 101, 105 and 105 respectively.

Order Of St George was a workmanlike winner of the Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown on Friday evening, but won with a respectable 111 timefigure which is still some way off his 126 career-best.

He is heading back in the right direction with a defence of the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on the horizon.