LAST weekend was a bumper edition of action and, with trials and pointers aplenty, how can the metrics help identify horses that might have been overlooked otherwise, asks Page Fuller.

The time index metrics are normally a good starting point and, unsurprisingly, an Aidan O’Brien youngster took top spot for the weekend at Naas. Confucius’ win time of 1m 9.91 seconds in the six-furlong maiden was more than 2.6 seconds faster than our par time. This rated 9.7 out of 10 on the time index. It was also 2.14 seconds faster than the time Albert Einstein posted when winning this race last year.