Wexford hosts this afternoon’s action in Ireland, and Masonbrook Lady gets the nap to land the eleven-furlong handicap.

Looking at the reception afforded Rebel Fitz at Cork last Sunday made you almost yearn for the National Hunt season proper to kick into gear.

Orgilgo Bay gets the nap in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Maiden at Killarney this evening, a contest that would not be out of place at say the Curragh or Leopardstown.

THERE has been a fair bit of furore in England, and here at home as well, regarding that performance – or rather non-performance – by Sariska at York.

ONE could only shake the old head in disbelief at the end of the Group 2 Futurity Stakes at Fairyhouse on Saturday. It had nothing to do with the fact hot-pot Cape Blanco obliged. That was as predictable as forecasting it will rain and rain throughout an Irish summer.