THE Diego Du Charmil thing has divided opinion like few other incidents in racing in recent times. Entrenched views on both sides. It’s Diegoducharmilxit.

You can see why the decision to allow Paul Nicholls’ horse keep the race was the ‘easy’ decision, but that doesn’t mean that it was the correct decision. You can easily argue that Diego Du Charmil was the best horse in the race on the day, and that carries a lot of weight in horse racing. We know by now that the benefit of the doubt usually goes to the best horse in the race in this part of the world. And you can easily argue that he completed the course.