One race, one game, one day can only ever add to the information bank. It is never definitive.

Barry Geraghty had his 30-day ban for his ride on Noble Emperor at Limerick quashed after a lengthy appeal at the Irish Turf Club.

It is little wonder the innovation has been described as a “no brainer” by one prominent racing journalist and yet until last summer, there was no independent horse racing radio station bringing live commentary from every race in Ireland and the UK, as well as interviews and analysis.

Jim Bolger and Willie Mullins are very different in many ways. One had no racing background and forged his reputation on the flat circuit, while the other is steeped in the Sport of Kings and is one of the world’s pre-eminent handlers of national hunt horses.

AP McCoy The autobiography

The autobiography of one of the greatest jockeys of all time and two books on Gaelic games have been shortlisted for the Irish Sports Book of the Year.

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