IT is over three months since the Al Boum Photo incident at Punchestown yet the hope that the handling of that particular event might represent something of a watershed moment in terms of communication from the stewards’ room has yet to be fulfilled.

Last Saturday at Galway, the featured Galway Shopping Centre Handicap Hurdle provided some rare and unusual drama with the entire field briefly taking the wrong course after jumping the hurdle past the stands on their first circuit.