Aileen O'Sullivan and the two minutes that made us so proud of this great sport

I'll see your Bryony Frost and I'll raise you Aileen O'Sullivan.

Nina Carberry tweeted: "This is what racing is all about." Chris Hayes: "A tonic in the current climate." Richard Farquhar: "Absolutely bloody brilliant!" John McConnell: "Heartwarming stuff."

Who would have ever thought that a two-mile handicap chase for horses rated no higher than 109, which was won by a horse who had never won before and turns 13 in January, on a dank, dark and monotonous afternoon at Clonmel could illuminate the whole year.