YOU still feel that the Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown, which Hamariyna won on Sunday, should be called the Irish 1000 Guineas Trial, given that it is run after the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, so it can’t be a trial for that race, and two weeks before the Irish 1000 Guineas, for which it is the perfect trial.

And there is another 1000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown, the one that Lady Kaya won this year, the Ballylinch Stud 1000 Guineas Trial, which is run three or four weeks before the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket, so it is a legitimate trial for that race, as Lady Kaya proved this year.