It seems the Irish Derby's fate is to be slammed for being either uncompetitive or lacking star quality. As a species we're apparently genetically programmed to better recall the negative rather than the positive. But racing fans seems to contradict that. Most years the Irish Derby gets bemoaned in comparison to glories of the past. That's unfair. It's also important to keep in mind there's nothing wrong with the race. It's just events, dear boy, events.

Things are going very well at the minute with seven winners already this month but that is what you want in this game. The really pleasing thing is that all the horses are running well and even those that are not winning are still running well so we are delighted.