ALL-weather flat racing is very much in the shade of jumps racing at this time of year, at least when the latter takes place, but there was a notable meeting at Lingfield Park on Saturday, when we witnessed one of the greatest performances on the surface ever.

The six-year-old entire Kachy has tended to come up short in top company, though he was second in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup in 2016 and third in a Group 2 last year, but he is well-nigh unstoppable at this level at five furlongs or six furlongs around a bend when on song, turf or all-weather.