A MASSIVE gamble went astray on Aidan O'Brien's Hitchcock in the Guinness Handicap at Galway last night.

Zeroberto is set to reappear later this week after forming the middle leg of a brilliant treble for trainer Dermot Weld on the opening day of the Galway Festival.

AFGHAN troops fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms in an assault to end a stand-off at a notorious prison yesterday after an escape attempt by former al-Qaida suspects left at least six people dead.