THERE was a smattering of meaningful winning performances in Ireland and Britain outside Ascot in the week under review. One that might be easily overlooked otherwise is that of the John Gosden-trained two-year-old Azano at Yarmouth.

The son of Oasis Dream was a revelation in a tongue tie, running the seven furlongs in a time around 2.0s – the equivalent of more than 10 lengths – quicker than the other three course-and-distance winners on the card.