Closing the gate after the horse has bolted

I can’t imagine the handicapper derived a whole lot of enjoyment watching the concluding stages of the €59,000 to the winner Connacht Hotel Handicap at Galway on Monday night, writes Pat Keane.

To say that the first and second, Willie Mullins’ Uradel and Limini respectively, were underestimated by the compiler of weights would qualify as a real understatement.

Being brutally honest, it is no great exaggeration to state that the other 18 runners might as well have remained in the starting stalls for all the chance they had.