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.

The racing community and the wider public have donated 70 items for the special fundraising auction for JT McNamara and Jonjo Bright at today’s Limerick Charity Raceday in aid of the Jockeys Emergency Fund.

Teenage sensation Connor King took Cork by storm last night, landing a spectacular four-timer.

OUT of luck on Await The Dawn at York on Wednesday and set for a return to the Knavesmire today, Joseph O’Brien took the riding honours at Wexford last night, recording a last-gasp double on Snap Alam and Monte Carlo.

GITANO Hernando and Kieren Fallon swooped late to land the Group 3 Diamond Stakes at Dundalk last night and is set for a return to Group 1 action.

APPRENTICE Sam James, a big-race hero in Killarney recently, took the honours in Wexford last night, completing the first double of his blossoming career on The Buck and Cristal Island, bringing his seasonal tally to seven.

A WORKING group has been set up to devise an apt industry response to a recently published report on horse welfare by University College Dublin.

JOHNNY MURTAGH wasted no time getting down to business at Tipperary last night, booting home the first three winners.

THE progressive Oneeightofamile is the nap choice in the Sean Barrett Bloodstock Race at Tipperary tonight.

FOOTY Facts proved himself on course for a crack at the Thyestes at Gowran Park in three weeks when slamming veteran Hardy Eustace in the Kathleen Clarke 80th Birthday Hurdle at Punchestown yesterday, when snow showers resulted in the County Kildare track adopting a seasonal look.

ANOTHER weekend in Ireland where the emphasis is on quantity, and lots of it, with very little pretension towards quality.

THERE is increasing confidence the outbreak of swamp fever in horses has been contained and progress has been made toward its eradication.

THE production of thoroughbred horses could provide rural communities with a viable alternative to mainstream farming, according to the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association (ITBA).

THE European Commission yesterday rejected a request by the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association (ITBA) to keep the special tax exemption for breeders.

THE bloodstock industry has launched a major lobbying campaign to protect its tax-free status, warning 2,600 jobs will be lost if it is taxed.