When the going gets tough...

GOING descriptions in Ireland have long been a major bone of contention, but the topic reached a new low at Limerick last night.

The official ground before racing was good, but it was crystal clear, watching the opener, such thinking was very misleading.

As soon as the contest was over it was changed to yielding and then, soon afterwards, to yielding to soft, soft in the straight. This was simply farcical, on the basis that no rain whatsoever fell through the day.