THE mixing of jumps action and flat action at Galway makes time assessment problematical there due to the resulting small sample sizes in each code. Nonetheless, sectionals once again can assist in identifying which races have been well-run, and from which the overall times are likely to be a true reflection of the protagonists’ achievements, and which have not been.

A couple of jumps races and a couple of flat races measure up well from the first two days. The finishing speed of the opening novice hurdle on Tuesday was almost bang on par, and the winner Housesofparliament looks to have produced a timefigure of 129. Runner-up Morgan, who was conceding weight all round, gets a 138 which suggests he, too, will not be ‘just’ a summer horse.