EVENTS at Irish Champions Festival got in-depth coverage throughout this paper last Saturday, but reflecting on the meeting a week on, there was something notable that didn’t happen: the participation of Paddy Twomey runners.

The Twomey yard has been among the most upwardly mobile in Irish flat racing this decade and it was disappointing they had only one runner over the weekend, Purple Lily in the Blandford, and she ran a satisfactory third without suggesting there was a whole lot more to come.