LIKE many others, the Irish Horse World’s eventing and sales correspondent Sally Parkyn and husband Shaun were delighted when racing resumed in Britain last Monday week as it provided them with some sporting interest on television.

The Co Kilkenny couple were glued to their screen last Saturday when the first of the season’s classics, the Group 1 Qipco 2000 Guineas, was run at Newmarket. Their afternoon was well spent as the impressive winner, Kameko, who is trained by Andrew Balding for Qatar Racing, was broken in by their son-in-law, Tim Rusbridge.