"I'm absolutely delighted," said 35-year-old Buick who won the race for a record-extending fifth time. "He's a great horse and I'm so happy he's back to his best. These races are incredibly hard to win so of course I'm incredibly happy. "[It's] great for the team, great for everybody... to ride a winner [here] is fantastic." Shahryar, ridden by Cristian Demuro, finished second while Yuga Kawada guided Liberty Island to third.

Eyes blinded by a blend of floodlights and blurry bodywork. Eardrums drenched in the whirring neighs of 1,000 mechanical horses. Nostrils stained with the stench of burning brake ducts. Spine rattling to-and-fro against the rhythms of the road. Limbs and neck wrestling relentlessly with immense gravitational force. Firing a Formula 1 car around a racetrack at top speed is one of the most intense sensory experiences a human can undergo.

Auguste Rodin, racing for the first time since winning November's Breeders' Cup Turf, tailed off.

For those affected by flooding however, their immediate concerns are not necessarily about the manmade changes to the earth’s atmosphere. A YouGov poll from February found that while 84% of those surveyed believed Britain was likely to experience similar extreme weather events in the next few years, only 30% thought it was connected to man-made climate change.

There is no evidence to counter the basic premise that a warmer world will lead to more intense daily and hourly rain events. When heavy rain in 2000 devastated parts of Britain, a later study found the climate change had doubled the chances of the flood occurring, said Julia Slingo.

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