THE Turf Club announced yesterday that the Referrals Committee has been asked to review the failure of the stewards to impose a sanction, following the running of the Kevin McManus Bookmaker Grimes Hurdle at Tipperary last Sunday.

THE Francis Flood-trained Slievecorragh got off the mark on the flat when landing the featured Kedrah House Stud Well Chosen Tipperary Perpetual Cup at Clonmel last night.

JESSICA HARRINGTON’S Give It Time, who won her maiden at Navan by 22 lengths, stepped up to Listed company in style when taking the Dawn Omega Milk EBF Mares Novice Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

THE Cork Stakes at Cork last night was over before it should have started.

DAVY RUSSELL got off to the perfect start for the New Year when producing a magical piece of riding on Cloudy Bays in the featured Wilf Dooly Chase at Tramore yesterday.

Retired Supreme Court judge, Mr Justice Ronan Keane, and former Attorney General, Eoghan Fitzsimons SC, are to head a new appeals body for Irish horse racing, it emerged today.

Michael Kinane still does not know whether he will be riding the odds-on Galileo in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.