ONE race caused me more head-scratching than the others in the past week, and that was the Group 3 International Stakes at the Curragh last Sunday.

You do not have to rate Up Helly Aa, Raise You and Sonnyboyliston especially highly (I have them at 104, 107 and 108) to think that smashing them up by seven and half lengths and more represents seriously good group form, and that is what Helvic Dream did.