A week can be a long time in racing. In this space last week, I noted the strength of British flat horses this season based on their success during Guineas weekend, only for the Irish to go to Epsom and win all three of the Group 1s, with a couple shaping well in handicaps too.

It had been a quiet spring for Irish flat horses in Britain. Of the 63 Group and listed races run on turf there so far in 2024, only three had been won by Irish-trained horses, a couple of Derby trials at Chester and Term Of Endearment at York, but that number was quickly doubled in a whirlwind two days.