ONE consequence of a meeting with many group races, like the Arc meeting, is that superior performances can sometimes not receive the credit they truly deserve.

That may or may not be the case with the runaway victory of Sealiway in the Group 1 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, reduced in distance to 1,400 metres (actually about 1,360 metres when measured using Google Earth, which accounts for the unfeasibly fast opening sectional).