OTHERS can give their verdicts on the reincarnation of the Curragh as a sporting venue for the 21st century, but there should be no complaints about the quality of the two classics run there last weekend.

Not only did the Tattersalls Irish 2000 Guineas and the same sponsor’s Irish 1000 Guineas serve up emphatic and high-class winners, they will have pleased the clock-watchers as essentially fair contests in which few excuses are necessary.