HAVE a glance at this e-mail that I, along with many others, received from William Hill some days ago.

I KNOW, I know they made all the right noises, but deep down it must really drive them daft.

THE performances of Roderic O’Connor and Glor Na Mara, in last Saturday’s Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket, showed that the Irish juveniles are at least on a par with their English counterparts, with the exception of Frankel.

ADRIAN MAGUIRE’S Anshan Dreams followed his win in a maiden at Tipperary with a smooth success in the INH Stallion Owners’ EBF Novice Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

ADRIAN MAGUIRE didn’t half celebrate in style in the press room at Limerick last Sunday, after his Golden Kite had beaten Fisher Bridge a short head in the Munster National.

I HAVE to admit to getting a great kick out of Workforce winning the Prix de L’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp last Sunday.

IN all the years of covering racing, I have to say this was the worst decision I have seen.

IRISH racing, which has been dragged through the mud since the Saturday of Listowel, reached a new low at Clonmel yesterday.

THERE has been a fair bit of furore in England, and here at home as well, regarding that performance – or rather non-performance – by Sariska at York.

In the press room at Tramore last Thursday week a group of us were watching a two-year-old maiden being run at Leopardstown.