The Verdict Extra: Don't miss these big eye-catchers from York

I covered one race from each day at the Sky Bet Ebor Festival in the latest edition of The Verdict. It was tough to pick out just four races from what was an excellent four days of sport, but at least I can pick up some more interesting angles in this column.

In the absence of Stradivarius and Trueshan the Lonsdale Cup was up four grabs last Friday and Quickthorn destroyed his rivals to win by 14 lengths. Visually this was an impressive effort and for some may signal that Quickthorn is the new staying superstar on the block.

The Coursetrack sectionals tell a different tale, and it would be fair to say that he will never be handed a trip like this again.

The Finishing Speed percentage (FSP) of 100.71% tells us that Quickthorn was raced evenly by Tom Marquand and, having been given many lengths by the others, he was always going to be very hard to run down.

The early part of the race was the crucial stage. While establishing a clear advantage Quickthorn completed the first eight furlongs in 1m 48.92s, which meant he averaged 13.62s per furlong through that first mile. While running those splits, he poached a 10-length plus advantage. Quite simply the other jockeys let him go in erroneously thinking he would come back to them, but going an even gallop when given a long easy lead was manna from Heaven for Marquand.

What of the future? Well, one thing is for sure - Quickthorn will not be allowed as much rope next time, yet it must be recognised that he is a relentless galloper who has improved since front-running tactics were adopted.

The 2.15 at Newbury on Friday was a Class 4 seven-furlong handicap won in good fashion by Bell Shot.

This race was not that strongly run (FSP 104.50%) with the winner racing prominently and showing a good turn of foot to win.

He came home through the final three furlongs in 36.54s, looking strong at the line and clearly being suited by stepping back up in trip. He can probably win again, but I believe the fourth Kingofhell is a surefire future winner in this field.

He was poorly positioned in rear given the pace of the race but finished strongly and his final three furlongs were notably quicker than the winner.

His final furlong of 12.43s was the quickest in the race and he finished with plenty still to give. He has dropped below his last winning mark and can win one of these races.

The Tattersalls Acomb Stakes at York on Wednesday was won by Chaldean who travelled well and was very game in victory in what was an evenly-run juvenile contest (FSP: 102.46%).

The final time of 1m 25.95s was a good one and created a Timeform winning speed figure of 103. However, when you boil that time down into individual Coursetrack sectionals, there is a gleaming gem that shone brightest in the middle of the race.

Mill Stream finished fourth, his final furlong of 13.24s the third-slowest in the race. Yet if you trace back through his figures you will find two furlongs where he was the fastest.

Through the fifth furlong he was the only horse to dip under 11.00s, firing in a rapid 10.76s. He backed that up with a sixth furlong of 11.75s, the joint-fastest in the race. Thereafter he slowed down to that 13.24s final furlong. What these numbers tell us is that he did not stay the seven-furlong trip. He needs to return to the six furlongs over which he won on his debut.

His dam was a sprinter, his half-sister won the Richmond over six furlongs and he too looks to be all speed. He is absolutely worth putting in your Racingtv.com tracker.

The Convivial maiden at York won by Desert Order looks to be a strong race and the final time of 1m 25.43s was quicker than Chaldean in the Acomb.

The winner was making his third start with both of the front two boasting previous experience and setting a decent standard, yet it was a newcomer who caught the eye and the analytics tell us that we were not visually deceived.

Hi Royal, a newcomer trained by Kevin Ryan, was sent off at 50-1 yet ran a race full of promise. He was inconvenienced by being held up in a race where it paid to be close to the pace (FSP 103.16%) yet his finishing effort was really impressive. Below are the final three furlong splits of the first three home.

His finishing splits amounted him being more than a second quicker than the two in front of him. Sometimes such an effort can be explained by the leaders going off hard whilst the hold-up horses preserve their energy.

However, we know from the winner's FSP of 103.61% that he was not stopping. He was finishing strongly and yet Hi Royal was still running him down all the way to the line.

This was a very impressive effort from this debutant, who is a surefire future winner.