The Midnight Club adds to Ruby's woes
RACING:A MISERABLE DAY for Ruby Walsh was made even worse yesterday after the odds-on defeat of The Midnight Club in the Clonmel Festival Week Chase, won by Leanne. Walsh was in London at 9am appealing against a three-day ban he picked up at Cheltenham on Saturday following the demotion of Pearl Swan in the Triumph Hurdle Trial.
Midnight to make bold appearance
Just as the man without a tie should not be automatically disparaged as a cad – a truth that continues to elude certain racecourses in the 21st century, notably Ascot last weekend – so the jockey who "slides tamely" from his mount must not be treated as a crook.
RACING PLUS ENTRY FOR CAPTAIN
Captain Chris is the headline name among 47 horses entered in the Racing Plus Chase at Kempton later this month. The Philip Hobbs-trained King George third disappointed when pulled up in the Argento Chase at Cheltenham last weekend but could be given a chance to redeem himself on February 25.
LILLY TO BLOOM FOR GUEST
CLONMEL: 1.40 Dark Raven, 2.10 Noras Fancy, 2.40 Folsom Blue, 3.10 Up The Girls, 3.40 The Midnight Club, 4.10 Undertheboardwalk, 4.40 Embracing Change.
Best is yet to come from Midnight Game
MIDNIGHT GAME gets the nap to land a fascinating little four-runner Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Irish Racing Writers’ Novice Hurdle at Naas this afternoon.
Cold snap threatens Fairyhouse meeting
Racing:Officials at Fairyhouse will take another look at 8am ahead of tomorrow’s meeting after the course remained unfit for racing. Members of the Turf Club took a look at the frost-hit surface at 4pm but Peter Roe, racecourse manager of the Co Meath track, said all is not lost yet ahead of the seven-race card.
Thirty one Irish-trained entries for Grand National
RACING:LAST YEAR’S Aintree hero Ballabriggs features among the 82 entries for the John Smith’s Grand National on April 14th. The 11-year-old provided trainer Donald McCain, son of the legendary Ginger McCain, with an emotional first triumph in the world’s most famous steeplechase.
FAIRYHOUSE INSPECT AGAIN
Officials at Fairyhouse will take another look at 8am ahead of Saturday's meeting after the course remained unfit for racing on Friday.
Fairyhouse racing still in doubt
Officials at Fairyhouse will take another look at 8am ahead of Saturday's meeting after the course remained unfit for racing on Friday.