A couple of weeks ago the new Red Mills Unraced Stake at Curraheen Park was unveiled. This is a great addition to the calendar at this track as it has long lacked a similar stake, the type which goes particularly well at other venues.

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FAI chief John Delaney has defended his singing of a song about hunger strikers in a Dublin pub — as it emerged lawyers acting on his behalf had initially been instructed to deny he was involved.