YOU’D imagine there will be no turkey for Aidan O’Brien this Christmas, following that ‘hefty’ fine handed down to him by the British Horseracing Authority on Wednesday.

JUST about everyone was shocked when the attendance figures for Fairyhouse on Wednesday were revealed.

TOMORROW week we will know if Tony McCoy has become the first racing winner of the BBC’s Sports Personality Of The Year award.

DENMAN has been left at the head of the weights and is one of 34 remaining entries for the Hennessy Gold Cup on Saturday week.

HAVE a glance at this e-mail that I, along with many others, received from William Hill some days ago.

I KNOW, I know they made all the right noises, but deep down it must really drive them daft.

THE performances of Roderic O’Connor and Glor Na Mara, in last Saturday’s Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket, showed that the Irish juveniles are at least on a par with their English counterparts, with the exception of Frankel.

ADRIAN MAGUIRE’S Anshan Dreams followed his win in a maiden at Tipperary with a smooth success in the INH Stallion Owners’ EBF Novice Hurdle at Cork yesterday.

ADRIAN MAGUIRE didn’t half celebrate in style in the press room at Limerick last Sunday, after his Golden Kite had beaten Fisher Bridge a short head in the Munster National.