CORK hosted the best home meeting in the last week or so the Friday before last, with group and premier handicap action, and offered a chance to put the focus on two relative new training names on the flat: Paddy Twomey and Natalia Lupini.

Twomey had his first runners in 2012 but things have really kicked on for him in the last four years; having never had more than 39 runners in a calendar year prior to 2020, he basically doubled that number in 2020, maintaining the quality while upping the quantity.