AS reported elsewhere in this week’s edition, there were two important Group 1 races run at Kenilworth last weekend, the Queen’s Plate and the Paddock Stakes. Both were won by horses with tenuous connections to Ireland.

Do It Again (Twice Over) will tackle one of South Africa’s most prestigious races next week when he lines up for the Group 1 Met, and he will be attempting the near-impossible, that of adding the Met to victories in the Queen’s Plate and the Durban July. The last time it was achieved was some four decades ago.