He set up Jonathan Joseph with a cunning little delayed pass, delivered just as Harley had committed to tackling him.
Kept with their original trainers, New Approach and Raven's Pass delivered the two races on the planet most likely to produce a stallion, and both now stand on the Darley roster.
But one of the moments I will remember most vividly from the 2018 World Cup was a pass, delivered by the right foot of France's Paul Pogba in the 59th minute of the World Cup final.
In an era when footballs were heavier and boots less dynamically designed, his ability to swerve shots and passes, delivering the ball to team-mates with a touch that made it appear to be weightless, was quite astonishing.
They are often simple passes delivered from the high post, but Lee delivers them crisply, on time, and right into the shooting pocket.
That said, while Sanchez took more repetitions Thursday than he did Wednesday, Ryan said he did not see the necessary zip on passes delivered by his franchise quarterback.
The Packers' Aaron Rodgers, meanwhile, came across as a neighborly good guy, gaining a "Brett who?" approval rating well before his artful passing delivered the Lombardi Trophy to Green Bay.
He never imagined this preseason, when he became the Jets' top option at receiver, catching passes delivered from the heralded right arm of their new quarterback, Brett Favre.
However, judging by Messi's performance and the scintillating goals and pinpoint passes delivered by both teams throughout the match, the gap this year between the two giants of Spanish soccer and the other 18 teams competing in La Liga is likely to be wider than ever.
This time, though, praise is being stacked up for a young English conductor in the hardest position of all: a fresh face with the full repertoire of short and long link-play, balls round the corner and probing passes delivered on the run, like Steven Gerrard at his best.
