Himmah should not have been allowed to run after pre-race antics

If you backed the Kevin Prendergast-trained Himmah to win a five furlongs two-year-old maiden at Navan last Saturday then you were more than entitled to feel especially piddled-off with Irish racing.

A modest five-runner affair, all logic indicated it was set to be a straight match between Himmah and Johnny Murtagh’s Guessthebill.

The only other that could have been considered as a possible winner was Joseph O’Brien’s newcomer, Dowhatisay, and the word on him was negative.