THERE was much moaning and dithering in the wake of last weekend’s 2000 Guineas as to whether the winner had raced on a “golden highway” and to what extant this invalidated the result, as mentioned elsewhere, but time (and detailed sectionals) alone will determine the worth of the winner.

There are always legitimate questions to ask after every race in terms of who may have improved, run to their mark, taken a backward step or not given their running. And after that, there is a layered discussion of what extent tactics and pace played their part in affecting the result and who may have been flattered by the ideal position versus who can be marked up for doing their running against a bias.