OSCAR Wilde famously said that there is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. Based on the fallout from last weekend’s Sky Bet Club Moscow Flyer Novice Hurdle, that is not something Salvator Mundi will have to worry about over the next two months.

It is one of the beauties of sport, and particularly horse racing, that two people can watch the same thing and emerge with completely different views on what has just happened, and a prime case of that transpired following last Sunday’s Grade 2 at Punchestown.