There was an extraordinary reaction from the public to yesterday’s meeting at Limerick, held to boost the Emergency Jockeys’ Fund and the stricken John Thomas McNamara and Jonjo Bright.

Tony McCoy has doubts whether Synchronised is a good enough jumper to provide him with a second Aintree Grand National but the stayer has done enough for the champion’s career already by providing him with a first success in the Chepstow version.

HORSE Racing Ireland yesterday released a policy paper on additional quality control measures, whilst re-affirming its following key objectives in relation to the racing programme:

THE development of an all weather track, a customer friendly fixture list and “an appropriate commercial rate for media rights and data licensing” are in the five-year strategic plan for the development of the Irish thoroughbred industry delivered by Horse Racing Ireland to the Government yesterday.