SATURDAY’S Celebration Chase at Sandown marked the end of the two-mile Altior era, and it was fitting that it ended with a win. A record-breaking win at that, a 19th in a row, one better than Big Buck’s’ winning sequence. An aptly-named race for said incredible era.

Altior is clearly a brilliant two-mile chaser, one of the greats, but racing fans are baying (just ask connections of Winx) and now asking for more. Indeed Altior himself might be asking for more, in the form of furlongs.