I’M sure, in time, there will be a side-saddle performance class at Dublin but, at present, while riders have to come through a qualifying process, they are curtailed to the flat.

Sadly, Antonia de Burgh and Gypsy Cobra Cruis are unable to defend their title in the ladies’ class but among those returning to do battle are Amory McMahon and Helena Hennessy Ruane’s eight-year-old Arthurs Gold gelding Cloneyhea Clancy who finished reserve here 12 months ago.