One is that the EU single-market commissioner in charge of the investigation will be none other than the ex-finance minister, Charlie McCreevy, who is not only a dedicated race-goer but also gained notoriety for pouring public money into the struggling Punchestown racecourse, which happened to be in his constituency.
My friend John Lane, who has died aged 85, was a dedicated racing cyclist, a scientist with a wide knowledge of insects and, in particular, an authority on mosquitoes.
As well as the terrestrial television channel screening racing on certain days - as at the moment - there will be a dedicated racing channel with a wall-to-wall service every day.
I mention this fact because the cable channel is set to become once again an independent and dedicated racing operator following the collapse of the ill-judged Setanta broadcasting experiment.
This was in a different media age, well before the existence of dedicated racing channels and high-tech communications machines within the sport's governing body, and initially the press had been wrong-footed by a sensational return kept under wraps until the last minute.
Interactive betting on television through dedicated racing channels will be very big business and with the mobile phone already penetrating more than 50% of the United Kingdom population there is huge growth potential here.
For 20 years now, Marion Russell, Jack Farrell, Jim Purgerson and more than 15 other dedicated racing fans have come from Massachusetts and Kentucky, Connecticut and Illinois, and have taken up residence in the 10-room Brunswick Bed & Breakfast.
We call on Theresa May to back up her words outside 10 Downing Street and take personal responsibility for driving forward this work, starting with a comprehensive race equality strategy and appointing a dedicated cabinet-level race equality minister".
At the Cortina Games, the format was altered to allow the Nordic combined athletes to compete in a dedicated 15 kilometre cross-country race.
Each race is also given access to a dedicated air-to-air attack unit.
