Smaller trainers battling away for a share of the spoils

Sunday to Sunday, a typical week in the Irish jumping calendar, five meetings, 37 races. Perhaps a better week than average, book-ended by the Troytown fixture at Navan – a prime day at the County Meath track – and a Fairyhouse card featuring three Grade 1s. In between, Thurles on a Thursday, ever-reliable staple of the Irish winter, Limerick on Friday, and Saturday's Fairyhouse curtain-raiser.

37 races with their individual stories. Let's have a look at ten of the winners and the personalities involved. And while you are reading, you may like to figure out a little puzzle. What factor connects these horses? Or, put it another way, what is the one thing that makes these ten differ from the other 27 winners over five days of Irish racing?

Tully East, beginners' chase, Thurles
A very welcome win for trainer Alan Fleming, only his third of the season. It was a different story last season when Fleming compiled 25 wins at a 27 per cent strike-rate, playing a significant part in propelling owner Barry Connell into sixth place on the Irish owners' table, close on the heels of Andrea and Graham Wylie. This was only a fifth winner of the season for Connell, a poor return for a policy which has regularly involved expensive purchases.