A QUIET post Galway Tuesday morning suddenly came to life this week with the realisation that a betting coup was a foot and orchestrated by none other than Charles Byrnes. Three horses with poor form previously were all well-backed. By the evening the ‘coup’ was landed and the higher estimates were that six figure sums had been won.

However, the whole endeavour divided opinion, with many reverting to the long held belief that this was typical of Irish racing. On days like these, you had to be in the know.