Constitution Hill and Marine Nationale will both be missed 

Yes, the credit crunch had hit the country and the racing industry - so what are we blaming for the failure of the recovery?

The first of the weekend’s four handicaps, the three-mile handicap hurdle, is next up and it is very difficult to solve.

Stay Away Fay looks an intriguing contender in the Cotswold Chase.

The acting stewards are responsible for enforcing the sport's rules on any given race day. The rules don't accept assumptions from anyone else, so why are the enforcers granted one?

Irish racecourses will soon realise that big-field handicaps are the most profitable races they will run, and they will join the chorus of the people looking to restructure the Irish National Hunt programme

The fact Paul Townend has left Facile Vega for Patrick Mullins to ride at Leopardstown is a hint in itself

Having no Irish racing the Saurday before Christmas is baffling

After all, gambling, like playing the Lotto, is a legal action intended to provide fun with no harm. Intended is not the reality of it, and gambling has always had a downside for some, and it always will.

There seems to be more anger than delight at the success of the elite band of trainers sitting at the top of the Irish training ranks