THE wind has been much in the news of late, with Storm Ophelia belying its innocuous-sounding name by delivering gusts of over 100 mph and wreaking havoc in its path.

The wind was nowhere near as strong as that at Newmarket for the Future Champions Meeting a few days before, but – at the runners’ backs – it undoubtedly played its part in some particularly quick times: there were a handful of course or age-group records over the two days.