IT has been a long old haul through the winter for flat racing fans, though the pain has been eased by more than a few classy and/or promising performances on the all-weather.

Best of all has been Kachy, who has run 120 and 116 timefigures and who could be better than ever at the age of six, but the likes of Wissahickon (116 and 109 timefigures), Matterhorn,Corinthia Knight, Count Calabash and Documenting (all of them 110) are not so far behind him.