Million race change: Valentine Lamb reports that the Million two-year-old race at the Phoenix Park will be run at the Curragh from next year. 1990 will be the third year of the race, the Cartier Million, but this will be the last running under the Cartier sponsorship.

Lamb writes that Goffs chairman, Michael Dargan, is also Senior Steward of the Turf Club, but adds that Dargan did not involve himself in discussion on the matter, to avoid conflict of interest. The Managing Editor agrees that the wide Curragh track (which can take 30 runners for a seven furlong race) is arguably better than the Phoenix Park, which has a limit of 20 runners; but a far more pressing issue is the suspected closure of the Phoenix Park racecourse, which may happen at the end of this year.