You are of course correct about the way it's done, and also about how they look compared to their workmate (which doesn't bode well for Itsaknockout, who got out worked by Competetive Edge today).

But :58 is blazing for Churchill. I can't recall a faster Derby work ever. Danzig Moon would also have the bullet at 3F. Other than the top pair who worked together, there were no other works (of 50+) under :59, and only 7 broke a minute. And of of those was the deep closer Keen Ice? (Birdatthewire was another). Almost a 4 second gap to Star (33rd), a spread you seldom see between Derby runners.

I just don't know what to draw from it. On thing I look for in the times is if the horse takes to the surface. Are the trainers just trying to put some speed into their horses? Does Star struggle with the track?

Anyway, we'll see another work from all of them.