Here we are, two days in and there have been eight Grade 1 races with British trainers successful in just one. Not only are the best Irish horses markedly superior, but there seems to be a depth of talent there that leaves ours (from my perspective) paper thin. It was brought home to me more starkly by trying to find credible home team opposition in the daily tipping competition - damn difficult and pretty fruitless it was.
How is this happening? Is it to do with training methods? How horses are sourced? Or what?