Clonmel is coursing’s Mecca, an annual pilgrimage repeated over the three-day early spring National Coursing Meet at Powerstown Racecourse, but it’s a restricted affair.

CASTLE PINES, the North Kerry All-Age Cup winner at Ballyduff and runner-up to Droopy Caesar at the Johnstown/Urlingford meeting, has been withdrawn from the Champion Stake at Clonmel.