Colm Greaves: Three things we will learn at Punchestown on Friday

If Rachael Blackmore and Henry DeBromhead expected a triumph on their return to Punchestown following their epic campaigns at Cheltenham and Aintree they too were soon brought down to earth

Jockey Rachael Blackmore is unseated from her mount Captain Guinness at the last during the Ryanair Novice Steeplechase on day three of the Punchestown Festival. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

1. Thou art mortal, aren’t thou?

If a Roman general won a crucial faraway war, they were usually rewarded with a ‘triumph’ upon their return home.