GOWRAN Park drew its usual big crowd for Thyestes day and the feature produced a classy winner in Nick Rockett, running off 152 and hiked to 161 as a result.

There was a feeling afterwards that this was his All-Ireland – the prep in the Paddy Power, the poignant local connection and the right-handed track – but his revised mark does suggest that he could in theory be competitive in graded races, for all his yard have a raft of options in those races.