Tipperary stewards do Irish racing a big favour

ONE has to conclude that the Tipperary stewards did Irish racing a big favour last Sunday, writes Pat Keane.

The contest in question was a Group 3 over seven and a half furlongs, won by Dermot Weld’s Tested by a short head from Dandy Nicholls’ British invader, Sovereign Debt.

Tested was the likely winner for most of the straight and there would have been no need for the stewards to spring into action had she managed to navigate a reasonably direct course.