IT is not satisfactory that there was probably a significant advantage to be gained from racing on the far side on the straight track at Ascot last Saturday.

The advantage seemed to be at play in all three races run on the straight track. Minding and Ribchester may have been the best two horses in the race anyway, but their superiority may have been accentuated by the fact that they raced on the far side in the QE2. They had it between them from a long way out.