It's not often that a son of Montjeu, out of a dual Group One-winning sister to Classic Cliche and Aidan O'Brien's 2001 Ebor hero Mediterranean, would make its debut in a bumper, but Sword Of Honour did at Killarney on Thursday.
Having not run during a spell at Ballydoyle, the now Pat Flynn-trained gelding never had a moment's worry when sluicing up by nine lengths under Derek O'Connor. How his future pans out will be fascinating to watch.
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Aisling Crowe Sometimes sport spoils us, providing epic encounters, performances to quicken the pulse and warm the soul, glory days that last mere moments but whose memory lingers long after the race is run.
Fergus McDonnell If you could imagine going to a football match this week where the entire Premier League team of the season would be on show, plus Ronaldo and Messi, plus whoever else your personal preferences would see placed in that company, well that gives you some idea of the range of equine talent that will take to the track from...
Chris Cook Two jockeys who started the year on a low note ended the season in style by providing an electrifying finish to the Scottish Grand National, in which the Adam Wedge-ridden Joe Farrell prevailed by a rapidly diminishing nose from Ballyoptic and Tom Bellamy.
