Mr. Jason Morris:

There are 390 fixtures annually. In 2022, we specifically reserved three of those fixtures. We only published 387 on the original list and kept three in reserve as floating fixtures specifically for the purpose of catering for the demands of the horse population when we saw those spikes. We try to balance the fixture list in light of historical trends for different times of the year but there will always be different trends and peak points each year. By keeping those three fixtures in reserve, one of which was run in Punchestown, we could cater for the maiden hurdles and the low-grade handicap horses. We put on three races and divided them. It served as a pressure valve and we were able to release that pressure. That is something the fixtures committee introduced this year to give us more flexibility to respond-----