There was a fascinating weekend of racing across Britain and Ireland this weekend. The Curragh and Haydock Park were the feature meetings and both courses had heavy ground for the horses to contend with, writes Timeform.

Timeform run the rule over the Weatherby’s Bank handicap… Indian Trail responded well to a visor when it was tried for the first time and he could be the answer here with blinkers getting an airing on this occasion. He should get a strong pace to chase and can prove too good for Discanti and Le Toreador.

A laurel and hearty handshake to SNY’s Gary Cohen, deserving winner of our inaugural TV Voice of Reason Award for this exchange with Ron Darling entering the bottom of the eighth Friday in Boston: Cohen, after listening to almost everyone in Fenway singing together: “Fenway Park, where the fans actually like the song ‘Sweet Caroline.’” Darling: “Everyone participates. So loud

This week’s Sports Illustrated included an article from its “vault” on Tom Seaver’s 300th victory, for the White Sox at Yankee Stadium in August of 1985. It mentioned 54,032 cheered the conclusion of the event, but even if that many tickets were sold, I promise you there were not that many people in the stadium at the end. The strange thing was that the Yankees-fan regulars had pretty much cleared out of the lower deck by then, but the upper deck still mostly was full - of cheering Mets fans.

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