LAST week’s Time Will Tell dealt with the opening day of York’s Ebor Meeting, on which there were leading time performances from the winners Ulysses (127 timefigure) and Cracksman (121), the former the best older-horse rating of the season so far in Ireland and Britain, the latter up from my original assessment at 119 and achieved with some impressive closing sectionals.

There was little let-up in the high standard on subsequent days, though only one other race – the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes on Friday – exceeded the 120 marker.