Pending it gets to go ahead, with all things changing late yesterday, tomorrow’s Group 1 Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh is an excellent renewal and possibly more exciting than has been the case in recent years.

All the ingredients are there. With 10 runners it is the biggest field to assemble for the race since it moved to the Curragh in 2002. You have to go back to Johannesburg’s win at Leopardstown in 2001 to find a bigger line-up.