It was another great week with two winners from five runners, with the other three delighting me as well, while I was pretty hopeful that Miss Macnamara and Posh Frock would go close in Dundalk last night too.

Horses are unpredictable at the best of times and not even the trainer knows for sure what’s going to happen.

We are coming off a terrific weekend that yielded three winners, with six of the other seven runners all finishing in the first four.

YOU can say you’re into the national hunt season proper when you get to October, although it looks like Down Royal at the beginning of November will be when Bostons Angel, Oscars Well and Saludos will make their seasonal reappearances.