HAVING managed not to lose my laptop on the way to Luhmühlen in Germany last week for the European eventing championships, I then proceeded to break it which was why there was no column in last Saturday’s paper.

Apologies for that and for thus missing the opportunity to congratulate Max Ervine on breeding Wichita, winner of the opening Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden over seven furlongs for two-year-old newcomers at the Curragh on Friday, August 23rd.