And, Speaking Of Which...

When Dermot Weld’s Speaking Of Which won his maiden at Cork in early April the bank balance was immediately in a healthier state.

He made every yard of the running and was impressive enough in beating Aidan O’Brien’s Taigan by two and a quarter lengths.

In third was Jim Bolger’s Dynamite Dixie, John Oxx’s Alindjar filled fourth and Joe Murphy’s Jumbo Prado was fifth.