It’s not long now. This time next week, there’ll be four or five surging gambles developing in the Connacht Hotel Handicap, the first big betting heat of the week at Galway.

That is to say, Glorious Galway, an institution about to make its 150th appearance. If the Galway Races was a football player, it’d be one full of flair and excitement, one that gets you out of your seat, but it would also be a rock solid one, the player you can count on delivering, on and off the pitch.