Royal Blue Star is one to note at Galway

IT has been another good week, with four winners since last Sunday before racing last night but it might even have been better if a bit more luck had gone our way.

Laughing Lashes proved a worthy contender in the Irish Oaks on Sunday when finishing a short head, half a length and another short head behind Blue Bunting in fourth but unfortunately Fran lost his whip about two furlongs out.

I’m not saying she would ever have won the race but I think she most likely would have been third. But when you get a Classic and it’s that little between you and glory, it’s unbelievably close and you can’t help but wonder what might have been.