LEOPARDSTOWN had their first summer Thursday meeting last week and it was a low-key affair with neither concerts nor carnivals, but both stakes races were interesting tactically, not least because of the changes made by riders on fancied runners.

One alteration that worked out well was on Tarawa in the Glencairn. She was without a win in eight runs since her juvenile days prior to last Thursday, some of that down to being highly tried, some of it her own making as she seemed not to put it all in.