Wide receiver: He must be some horse that Rebel Fitz, came five wide round the bends at Listowel and still won by five lengths. Did Mikey O’Connor have a “shocker”?

Whip hand: It’s bad enough getting done for the whip when you are fighting out a close finish. It must have been particularly annoying for Silvestre De Sousa to trigger a whip referral that led to a 21 day ban after unnecessarily hitting Toocoolforschool when clearly winning the Mill Reef by many lengths. Not too cool in this instance.

Spot the difference: “What an All-Ireland Final we have had here at Croke Park” went Rachel Wyse in summing up Sunday’s match on Sky. You have to think Sky were indeed seeing GAA differently.

Purr-fect: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has had good fortune in recent years with the success of horses such as Carlton House and Estimate that were given as yearling presents from Aga Khan and Sheikh Mohammed.

The Queen is also well-known for having an astute mind and engaging some wit when naming horses. You wonder, after the events of the week, should the Al Thani family also decide to send a yearling or two the Royal way, would the offspring of Purr Along be a fitting offering? What would be a suitable name - would one find Mr Cameron amusing?