VISUAL impressions can be misleading, and that is why those who were singularly unimpressed with Constitution River in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown should look at the data, and that will convince them that he is better than the bare result.

His three-length win over A Boy Named Susie was achieved in a race that tested the resolve of every runner, and he was the only one of the seven runners whose constitution stood up to the attritional test.