Huge attendance slumps for so many showpiece meetings are a major concern

Ireland's jumps season ended with some big numbers.

Honeysuckle now boasts an unbeaten record of 16 consecutive victories having won one of the few Punchestown festival top-flight contests that eluded Willie Mullins. In total, Ireland's now 16-time champion trainer claimed nine of the meeting's 12 Grade 1 prizes for Closutton and finished the five days having amassed 14 successes.

Britain's 2021-22 jumps campaign concluded one Saturday earlier, with the Sandown jumps finale also producing a notable number. Worryingly, it was one that mirrored much of what had occurred over the preceding months.