Ted' and 'Django Unchained' lead the nominations at the 2013 MTV Movie Awards.

Rob Kearney was voted Players’ Player of the Year at the province’s Annual Awards ceremony in the Mansion House, Dublin, last night.

THE Joe Dunne Memorial Puppy Stake will be run as a 24 dog event at Shelbourne but the traditional early season classic trial has plenty of quality and the four heats when added to the semi-finals of the Tyrur McGuigan Open 575 will make Saturday’s card at headquarters another high class affair.

HOPEFULLY we can cease writing about the weather and concentrate on the racing side of things and this week sees the commencement of the Tyrur McGuigan Open 575 at Shelbourne and the Vetsearch Kennedy Cup at Limerick.

Thierry Henry is again among the nominees for the Players’ Player of the Year award at the PFA’s annual awards dinner on Sunday, April 25.