’RED Admiral thrives despite wet summer’ runs a headline on Butterfly Conservation’s website. This glamorous insect is doing well in the UK, writes Richard Collins.

ON the south coast, on these sun-kissed days, one can listen to the cries of the terns as they soar, brilliant against the sky, and then drop, spinning like sycamore samaras, to take sandeels from the surface of the sea.

Emma Lavelle admits Kangaroo Court's participation in tomorrow's totetentofollow Rising Stars Novices' Chase at Wincanton is ground dependant.

Starluck leaped into the Champion Hurdle picture as he oozed class in winning the sportingbet.com Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Damien Enright suggests we slow down and enjoy life.