THE Irish have a really good recent record in the Sky Bet Ebor. It’s a bit like the Eurovision used to be. Like, in the 1980s and 1990s.

The spread of Irish trainers who have been victorious recently in today’s feature race is impressive too. Eight Irish-trained winners since the turn of the century/millennium, and only two trainers have won it more than once. And the spread is good today – five Irish runners, five different trainers.