Are we right in thinking that this season’s crop of staying three-year-olds are of the rather moderate variety, asks Pat Keane.

Here is my list of 2014’s highs and lows.

IF the announcement by Aer Lingus that it is ending its Shannon-Heathrow service from next year is genuine, and is not a dangerous and cynical negotiation ploy on behalf of the national carrier, then the consequences for the Shannon region and the entire west of Ireland will be devastating.