Riding the favourite in the famous colours of JP McManus and on a Joseph O’Brien-trained gelding at the Curragh is a dream challenge for most jockeys.

Paralysed jockeys and rugby players will be amongst the first to benefit from using an exoskeleton suit which has been purchased by a horseracing charity.

Gormley: Bankers hid insolvency issue in run-up to guarantee; Two prisoners scale wall to stage roof protest at Cloverhill; Bionic suit allows paralysed jockey Jonjo Bright 'step into the unknown'; Two charged over killing Cecil the lion; farmer 'had no hunting permit' These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this evening.