Here’s one ‘rule’ that is just plain stupid by any standards

At Leopardstown last Sunday Bishops Road beat Heathfield by a head in a modest handicap chase.

Given it was an afternoon when Hurricane Fly and Un De Sceaux were quite superb that particular contest was miles down the pecking order when it came to degrees of importance.

But it is worth a lot more than just a passing reference, when you consider what happened through the final hundred yards or so.