‘I felt that point-to-pointing wasn’t really an option…in open lightweights you are taking on 140-150 ex-graded performers.’

These words of Aengus King in the ‘Heart of Racing’ column in last week’s edition of The Irish Field explaining why he elected not to send his 14-year-old Capture The Drama back to the pointing fields, highlight the current predicament within the open lightweight division which would appear to be particularly pronounced this season.