Jockeys’ weights will increase by 2lb from Friday, with all racecourse saunas closed.

Sean Flanagan is facing a spell on the sidelines after fracturing his jaw in a fall at Naas.

There will be no racing in Ireland today.

Neither jockey requested for their ‘B’ Sample to be analysed and both entered guilty pleas.

David Mullins was reported to be “alert, speaking and moving all limbs” after being airlifted to Cork University hospital following a heavy fall at Thurles today.

Last Monday’s Irish Grand National evoked plenty of memories for Roy Craigie, many of them from long before he enjoyed an 11-year stint as Fairyhouse general manager up to 1999.

Horse owners are on alert after equine piroplasmosis was found in a mare in Co Kilkenny.

Why, oh why, has the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board felt it necessary to tamper with the rules

Horse Racing authorities have been working hard to provide support structures for established jockeys and set up a pathway for the next generation of young Irish talent.

If ever there was a good case for televising stewards’ inquiries, it can surely be made following that Paul Townend debacle at Punchestown on Tuesday, writes Pat Keane.

Latest: "I wish to apologise to connections and to punters."

This afternoon's meeting at Fairyhouse has been abandoned because of a waterlogged track.

The abandonments are "due to an adverse weather forecast and hazardous driving conditions".