The sporting weekend illustrated by 5 key numbers:
20 – The number of British Classic Races now won by Irish Racehorse trainer Aidan O’Brien after the victory of appropriately named Leading Light in the Ladbrokes St Leger at Doncaster on Saturday.
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38 – The number of minutes it took Gareth Bale to score his first goal for real Madrid following his world record €100 million summer transfer to the Spanish giants. Though it did not manage to secure a win for his team who were held to a draw by Villareal.
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2 – The placing of Irish triathlete Aileen Reid in the World Championship event in London. Triathlon Ireland now has 75% of the size of membership enjoyed by the equivalent governing body in Britain and is growing in terms of size and quality.
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29:49 – The winning time of Slippery Robert who won the ETS Irish Greyhound Derby Final on Saturday night and who landed a prize money cheque for owner Larry Dunne of €125,000.
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27-10 – The result of the ballot of European Cycling federations in favour of Brian Cookson over Pat McQuaid to become the next President of the World Governing body the UCI. This gives momentum to Cookson but it will still be a very close race when the final secret ballot is cast in Florence in two weeks time.
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