One of the toughest gigs in racing has to be working as a handicapper.

No sooner had the Leger at Doncaster on Saturday finished than a pal of mine rang to ask what I thought would happen at the subsequent stewards’ inquiry.

Watching Jim Bolger’s Smash Williams streaking away with a Group 3 at the Curragh last Sunday, it struck me that here is a man who hasn’t half stood the test of time.

So, the rumours that were rife for weeks, regarding Aidan O’Brien’s future at Ballydoyle, finally found their way into the media over the last seven days or so.

We give out about stewards in Ireland on occasions but, do you know what, they are geniuses when compared to those in some other countries.

If the clash between Golden Horn and Gleneagles goes ahead at York in the Juddmonte International Stakes next Wednesday it will surely be compulsive viewing, even for those who only have a passing interest in Flat racing.

Even Dermot Weld, at least privately, must have found it highly amusing.

It was, at least from a racing point of view, a magnificent couple of minutes of television. It happened on RTÉ on Wednesday, in the aftermath of Jonathan Burke guiding Shanahan’s Turn to a memorable success in the Galway Plate.