HATS off to everyone behind the success of the inaugural Dublin Racing Festival. By general consensus, something that is rare nowadays, it was a triumph and everyone I spoke with had nothing but positives to say about it.

From a marketing perspective it was a case of ‘winner alright’, with awareness of the new Festival high, not only in Ireland but across the water and further afield. All that the racecourse could hope for was that the right horses turned up, and the weather stayed fine.