The Indian Spring festival of colours, Holi, is celebrated by Hindus all over the world and after Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is considered to be the second biggest festival on the Hindu calendar.

PAUL TOWNEND, the teenage sensation of 2008, rounded off the old year with a spectacular treble at Tramore yesterday.

INDIAN SPRING, who is certainly not for the faint-hearted, is the nap choice in the Metal Man Novice Hurdle at Tramore this afternoon.

THE relatively new combination of Edward O’Grady and Andrew McNamara was cemented in spectacular style at Leopardstown yesterday in front of an attendance of 17,000.