ON a day when reigning champion Pat Smullen completed a superb treble to keep his title ambitions alive, the Aidan O’Brien-trained Nephrite defeated the highly regarded, odds-on favourite Born To Sea in the Group 3 Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown yesterday.

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

THE classy Rinroe gets the nap to land a cracking Diamond Vision Novice Hurdle on an excellent card at Galway this afternoon.