TIME comparisons are more meaningful in some contexts than others, but it is difficult to imagine a better use of them than when looking to measure one top seven furlong race for two-year-olds against another top seven furlong race for two-year-olds within 35 minutes of each other on the same card.

That was the case with the Moyglare Stud Stakes and the Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh last Sunday, and the comparison leads to a conclusion that may not be the one expected.