AFTER Tudor City took centre stage the previous Thursday, it was the turn of another modern day Galway great to bring down the curtain on this year’s meeting as Current Option raced into the history books by becoming the first horse to win three consecutive renewals of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Ahonoora Handicap.

A four-time premier handicap winner who also has Group 3 and listed triumphs amongst his seven victories, Current Option perhaps best typifies the better standard of horses which has moved trainer Adrian McGuinness on to a different level in recent seasons.