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I'm at a loss to understand the above. Surely nobody would argue that that in itself made Vagador a better horse than Celtic Shot. It probably merely demonstrated that that year's Champion Hurdle was relatively slowly-run and that as a result the form might not stand up and, as we know, Celtic Shot didn't turn out to be one of the more illustrious winners of the race, did he?

Those who say they pay no attention to times are being a tad disingenuous. Even if they take no heed of speed figures, they'd have to consider the pace scenario when assessing past and future races. Who doesn't look, for example, at the runs yesterday of Third Intention and Sprinter Sacre and consider how they'd fare off a likely stronger pace in their respective Cheltenham targets?