THE entire two-year-old season in Britain and Ireland has been crammed into less than a month, and the likelihood is that the leaders of the division are slightly behind where they usually are at the end of Royal Ascot.

Irish-trained juveniles – for which read mostly Aidan O’Brien-trained juveniles – managed just one win and a third from 10 runners in the six races for youngsters, and the suspicion is that there are some better contenders waiting in the wings.