With the Barry’s Tea on the horizon, the performance of six-bend debutant Tell On Mary in the open 750 on Saturday night at Curraheen Park stood out.

The main focus of the weekend’s action in Ireland is on Clonmel, where the third round of the Produce Stakes takes place tomorrow night, and all eyes will be on the record-breaking Clares Rocket in the third heat.

Smokers to the left of him, singers to the right and there he was, stuck in the middle, the Minister for Health, in the beer garden of a Cork pub, rain dripping down, looking as uncomfortable as a patient on a trolley.