FOR all his valiant efforts in winning the Investec Derby, poor Anthony Van Dyck didn’t get the postrace airtime he deserved, as all the postrace debates became centred around the TV coverage, how to incorporate more data for punters and how prime time coverage should be pitched to attract all types of viewers.

The team at ITV Racing took a fair bit of bashing after the Derby broadcast, despite producing respectable figures of 1.75 million viewers.