LIAM BURKE, one of the gentlemen of Irish racing, enjoyed his first ever Grade 1 success when Thyne Again landed the Baileys’ Arkle Cup at Leopardstown yesterday, writes Pat Keane.

Mister Hight, who heads the ante-post market in some books for the JCB Triumph Hurdle, is a red-hot favourite with the sponsors for the Cashmans Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown on Sunday.

Mister Hight tops a 116-strong entry in the JCB Triumph Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

AT around 5.30pm on Wednesday trainer John Carr rang fellow handler Tony Martin and told him his (Carr’s) horse Killeaney had got a knock and would have to miss the following day’s Ellen Construction Thyestes Handicap Chase at Gowran Park.