WHEN writing a column for The Irish Field last season, Jessica Harrington used the saying ‘if you don’t have any good two-year-olds, you’re not going to have any good three-year-olds’ on more than one occasion.

She used the saying in the positive context towards her all conquering batch of two-year-old fillies. By the same token, Harrington must have been a little bit concerned when two of her A-class generation, Millisle and Albigna, were so tamely beaten in their attempts for classic wins in the last two weeks.