He’s now gone and run just as fast to win the Listed Alleged Stakes at the Curragh.

As is usual for him, Inis Meain set out to make all the running. His rivals got to within a length of him turning into the straight with three furlongs left.

Despite having set a strong gallop up to that point, he accelerated sharply to cover the final three furlongs in just 35.6 seconds - quite something for yielding ground. The effort saw him extend his advantage to two and a half lengths by the finish.

Inis Meain can show very good form in a variety of circumstances. But, like a lot of front runners, he does seem best dominating small fields. He’s now won six of the last nine times he’s run in single figure fields on the yielding or softer ground he favours.

One of his three losses came on his first hurdles start in a long time. Another of his losses was a second place to Eye Of The Storm - a horse I am now getting rather interested in as I suspect he may well be one of the best stayers in training.

The plan now apparently is to switch Inis Meain back to hurdles for a staying handicap at Fairyhouse or Punchestown. He probably won’t meet a small field but is so well handicapped over hurdles he may well win anyway.

Later on he looks a very interesting prospect for group races on the flat. His ability to show the same sort of form over every distance from nine furlongs to three miles - over hurdles and on the flat certainly opens up a lot of options for him.

The runner-up Tarana (38) is a four-year-old filly who had managed just two lifetime starts before this big performance. Settled third, she tried to get to the winner but it’s tough to peg back a leader that’s running as fast as Inis Meain was over the final three furlongs.

Tarana has plenty of group race entries and will be competitive in Group 1 races for fillies and mares on this run. She’s a decent size for a filly and is out of a dam who got beaten only two lengths in the Park Hill Stakes. So clearly longer distances should be well within her compass.

The ground was too soft for third placed Parish Hall (36) but he still put up a solid attempt to win the race for a second year running. He’s now lost all seven times that the words ‘yielding’, ‘soft’ or ‘heavy’ have appeared in the official going description, but is still unbeaten in four starts on faster ground.

I find it intriguing that Parish Hall is now entered in the Muguet and the Lockinge over a mile, having been nominated for several big mile and a half races last year.

The Lockinge is the race I’d aim for as it’s often no better than the Muguet but holds Group 1 status. Later on, I’d be rather interested in looking at some big US turf races for Parish Hall as they invariably provide firm ground and soft opposition. Clearly the goal is to add to the Group 1 win Parish Hall secured as a two-year-old in order to increase his stud value. Going to America would be a good way to try and make that happen.