SINCE last month’s Galway Plate the Irish reserve system has been a hot topic and another leading fancy for a major race crept in as a reserve this week when Rogue Angel, the eventual second favourite, got into the Kerry National as the first reserve.

In this instance it was known in excess of 24 hours before the Kerry National that Rogue Angel would be lining up in place of Wounded Warrior and that he was going to be ridden by this season’s leading jockey Rachael Blackmore.