IT’S unusual to see a winner taking home more than €100,000 in prize money on a Monday afternoon at Naas, but the Ballyhane Stakes provided us with a particularly competitive contest for us to enjoy, as we wound down from the excitement of Goodwood last week, writes Page Fuller.

However, it was the horse that finished second that I thought was particularly eye-catching. Well, placed second, I should say. He was third across the line but handed second place in the stewards’ room…