IF you’re looking for a statistic that encapsulates so much of what is good about the Galway Festival, a total of 30 different trainers saddling winners at this year’s meeting is something worth shouting about.

The power of Willie Mullins still came to the fore, training the joint-top tally of five winners alongside Joseph O’Brien, and Gordon Elliott still captured two major handicaps in his overall haul of four winners. Aidan O’Brien won four maidens, matching the same taking for the week as Jessica Harrington, but it still didn’t feel like a festival of outright domination from the sport’s powerhouses.