IT’S just over three months since a unique father-and-son double happened at Newmarket-on-Fergus, the first agricultural show of the summer. That day, Tiernan Gill and his son Alex stood champion and reserve with two fillies: a three-year-old and yearling. And last Friday morning, ringside pundits speculated that there may be a repeat of that day.

There’s few as shrewd - or as sporting - in the show ring business though as Gill, who knows anything could - and often should - happen in championships. If winning a title or class the previous Sunday makes it an automatic right and foregone conclusion that horse or pony must then remain unbeaten at the next show, then surely later shows could save time by posting their prize money and rosettes to all Newmarket-on-Fergus winners.