Obviously aimed at a racing audience, it nevertheless didn’t alienate the ordinary, less informed viewer. Entertainment without getting too light.

You often get a feeling there’s a slight arrogance in the Channel 4 production - Nick Luck waylaying Sir Michael Stoute in the pre-parade ring at Ascot on Saturday - and they are a bit out of touch with ordinary punters. Too removed from the heart of things, too much analysis, not enough people.

From Galway on Wednesday, we got all aspects of racing on and off the track. All that is good alongside all the dangers, capturing all the characters that frequent an Irish racecourse. Fine camera shots captured the shapes and shadows of the day amid the racing action, fashionable fillies and flying hooves, Noel Fehily slowly falling out the back door Vulcanite in the Plate.

Throw in a touch of the humour often absent from Channel 4, with Ruby Walsh at the TV controls, calling to order the henchmen, Casey, Geraghty, Power, McNamara, Condon while Russell pulled the plug.

We had all manner of sportsmen here, Martin O’Neill, Christy O’Connor mixed in with Brian Cooper and Ruby Walsh undergoing rehabilitation and fitness tests in the Santry Clinic.

The reluctant Painted Lady’s antics at the start brought a sparring match between Ruby and Ted over whether horse, jockey or lad should get the blame for the delay. “It irks me anyway”, Ted got the last word.

Another little exchange ensued after Greatness blundered at the second last in the hurdle. A score draw in the Walsh camp?

Robert Hall held back, saving his power, or wisely picking his opponents. Into the crossfire came a genial Brian Kavanagh with a, “Who wouldn’t be smiling at Galway?”

Sales figures up, Tote up, attendances up. Not for long! Set up perfectly, Brian took hit after hit as Robert unleased a “really worrying figures” right hook.

Just three sales, off course betting down, horses in training down, new owners, existing owners down - Robert had him pinned down. “It’s a challenge,” Brian raised a glove but couldn’t get off the ropes.

“Thirty-eight Group 2 races? Competitive racing? In the last National Hunt season 98 races and half of them won by odds-on favourites? 19 Grade 1 or 2 fields of 2/3/4 runners, where’s the Betfair money?” Phew, the upper cuts came quick and fast.

“It’s needs attention, it’s a challenge.” Brian swung the departing punch assuring all with an interest in racing that the return on money invested is proven year in year out.

They played “Love like this won’t last forever,” in the closing credits but I’m not so sure Brian was feeling it.

Sorting out the problems in Irish racing? Mission Impossible. Goodwood might have Tom Cruise in attendance but who needs a film star for an all action show.