LAST Sunday was a busy day on the international sports scene: Kildare-born jockey Robbie Dolan landed the Melbourne Cup, Dutch Formula 1 racing driver Max Verstappen took the São Paolo Grand Prix and Offaly’s Darragh Kenny won the five-star GNP Seguros Grand Prix in Monterrey with VDL Cartello.

All great sporting achievements. Again, like last week’s comparison between the three Olympic equestrian sports, there’s a vast scale and difference in prize money and financial benefits on the international sporting circuits.