FOR all that the first three home from Epsom were in town for a rematch, it feels as though in the last week there’s been more discussion about the rights and wrongs of Irish Derby day as an event than there has been around the actual classic itself.

You could say that such a level of scrutiny on the Curragh is a product of people caring deeply about safeguarding what is one of Ireland’s marquee races in the calendar. You could also wonder if some of the serial complaining voices are likely to ever be satisfied.