Irish riders netted three-star Grand Prix victories on both sides of the Atlantic at the weekend, with Paul O’Shea scoring in Tryon, North Carolina, and Darragh Kenny coming out on top at Montpellier in France.

Richard Hughes plans to stay as busy as possible ahead of a weekend Classic engagement after making his long-awaited comeback at Lingfield yesterday.

Paul Hanagan has made a terrific start to the new Flat campaign and booted home another winner in division one of the Alec And Dick 174 Not Out Maiden at Beverley.

At The Races are hoping the British Horseracing Board give the go-ahead to universal 48-hour final declarations on the Flat next Monday to help continue the racing channel’s progress.

TOP trainers Aidan O'Brien, Dermot Weld, Jim Bolger and John Oxx were in Dublin yesterday to outline plans for their leading horses.