The weather continues to wreak havoc on Irish racing and the meetings scheduled for last night at Gowran Park and at Tramore this evening were both cancelled because of waterlogging.

RUBI LIGHT, running over his ideal two and a half mile trip, has to be the choice in the Grade 2 Red Mills Chase at Gowran Park this afternoon.

DJ CAREY insists he has no designs on making his return to hurling any more serious than lining out for Young Irelands’ junior A team. The 40-year-old returned to action for the first time for the Gowran club in a challenge game against Carrickshock last Tuesday after he had trained with the team the previous week.

This afternoon's meeting at Gowran has been cancelled after the track was found to be unfit for racing due to frost.

THE Connollys’ Red Mills-sponsored Thyestes Handicap Chase, scheduled for Gowran Park today, has been postponed until this coming Saturday.

Hurricane Fly will face a maximum of five rivals in the BHP Insurances Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown after Dunguib was ruled out of Sunday’s Grade One feature with a minor blood disorder.

Gowran’s fixture on Thursday must pass an 8.30am inspection tomorrow.

Irish Turf Club officials will stage a course inspection at Gowran at 8.30am tomorrow to assess the prospects of racing on Wednesday.

This afternoon’s fixture at Gowran Park goes ahead after the track passed an early-morning inspection by Irish Turf Club officials.

This afternoon’s meeting at Gowran has passed an early-morning inspection – but there are concerns about high winds.

Gowran’s fixture on Saturday is subject to an 8am inspection.

Gowran have cancelled the two chases scheduled for Saturday.

THE promising Midas Touch should be hard to beat in the TRI Equestrian Maiden at the Curragh this afternoon.

Alaivan gave the Classic-winning team of John Oxx and Mick Kinane further cause for celebration with a highly-promising victory at Gowran Park.

OPERATION Houdini will bid to provide Davy Fitzgerald with a much-needed tonic in today’s Ellen Construction Thyestes Chase.

OFFICIALS at Gowran Park expect the track to be able to handle any further rain ahead of their biggest meeting of the year on Thursday, which features the Ellen Construction Thyestes Chase.

Whatuthink is likely to bid for compensation in the Grade Two Galmoy Hurdle at Gowran Park on Thursday week after his narrow defeat at Leopardstown.

GOWRAN PARK has become the latest track to fall victim to the wet weather enveloping Ireland and today’s meeting has been called off.

Officials at Gowran Park have called a precautionary inspection for 8am ahead of their meeting tomorrow evening.

PAUL Carberry dominated yesterday’s action at Gowran Park, completing a fine treble on The Dotted Line, Signatory and Sunshine Guest.

TODAY’S meeting at Gowran Park has been cancelled as the course is waterlogged.

Courtown will look to build on their success in the inaugural AA Insurance Ladies Championship, as the club looks to sweep the board in the all-important quarter-final stage of all four singles competitions.

Sunday's Flat meeting at Gowran will take place as planned after the track passed an inspection this morning.

Reigning champion hurdler Hardy Eustace is on target to run at Gowran on Saturday after pleasing connections in a warm-up gallop.

EOIN LARKIN smiles when recalling the 2004 Kilkenny county hurling final.

Beef Or Salmon will miss Saturday’s National Lottery Agent Champion Chase at Gowran Park due to fast ground and will instead run on the Flat in the Irish Cesarewitch at the Curragh a day later.

Racing at Gowran Park tomorrow will be subject to an inspection at 7am.

Gowran Park will hold an inspection at 8am tomorrow ahead of Wednesday's meeting.

Trainer Charlie Swan will launch a three-pronged attack on Thursday’s Goulding Thyestes Chase at Gowran Park with Lincam, Over The First and This Is Serious all set to take their chance.

The meeting at Gowran Park this afternoon has been called off, due to adverse weather conditions forecast at the Co Kilkenny track.

Young Irelands 1-18 Tullaroan 1-9

Nil Desperandum will launch a bid to establish himself in the ranks of Ireland’s leading chasers when he lines up for a Grade Two event at Gowran Park on Friday.

Kilkenny star attacker DJ Carey has put paid to rumours that he is about to retire in the wake of yesterday's All-Ireland hurling final defeat to Cork.

WAYNE SHERLOCK has returned to training with the Cork hurling team ahead of their Munster championship semi-final clash with Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds on May 30.

Today’s meeting at Gowran Park goes ahead following a precautionary inspection early this morning.

O'Loughlin Gaels 2-12 Young Irelands 2-10

FITZGERALD STADIUM, Killarney was yesterday named as the venue for the meeting of Castlehaven and An Ghaeltacht in the semi-final of the AIB Munster club SFC on Sunday week next.

ALL-IRELAND champions Kilkenny hit trouble at the double last night when the local senior hurling league semi-finals were played.

WEXFORD are unsure of the availability of Rory McCarthy for Sunday’s Guinness Leinster hurling final against All-Ireland champions Kilkenny in Croke Park.

RACING at Gowran Park was abandoned after two races yesterday when the acting Stewards agreed with the jockeys' assertion that the track was unsafe.

THERE is good news for Sixmilebridge as they prepare to take on Mount Sion in next Sunday's AIB Munster club hurling championship final at Semple Stadium, Thurles.

Young Irelands 3-11 Rathnure 0-11

TO SAY that this Kilkenny SHC final at Nowlan Park yesterday was the DJ Carey show would be unfair on what was a magnificent team effort by the whole of Young Irelands. And yet........