Rip Van Winkle is one of eight possible contenders for trainer Aidan O’Brien in Saturday’s Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket.

A distinct sense of déjà vu emanates from this evening’s Galway Publican’s EBF three-year-old’s race.

“I’M a natural lightweight”, quipped Robbie McNamara, very much tongue-in-cheek, after the 19-year-old had powered Dermot Weld’s Majestic Concorde to victory in the GPT Handicap at the first stage of the Galway Festival last night.