With multiple times British champion jump jockey Tony McCoy judging the Racehorse to Riding Horse class at last week’s Dublin Horse Show, he chose Forpadydeplasterer, shown by Joanne Quirke, Ashbourne, Co Meath as this year’s winner.

From the pages of the Cork Examiner, this week 100 years ago

“When the game was over, Loughnane slumped to the ground in frustration, and as he thumped his hurley off the turf, one could imagine his feelings and those of the many other Clare people in the ground. It was a sad setback for a hopeful team and one that may take some time to get over”

He was apprehensive, he says now.

Cork colours did well at last Sunday’s Clonakilty Show — with a red and white Holstein winning a top championship.

BERG BAHN, in the colours carried to Investec Oaks glory by Snow Fairy, proved a shock winner of the Group 3 Brownstown Stakes at Fairyhouse last night.

LOCAL leadership in provincial Ireland has been important over the past 200 years and we owe much to the Christian churches for the parish structures they put in place.

THEY only remember your mistakes.

FRAN BERRY drew level with Michael Kinane at the top of the jockeys’ championship when taking his total for the campaign to 28 aboard Spirit Of Age in the Irish Stallion Farms’ EBF Fillies Handicap at Tralee last night.

DERVAL O’Rourke has overcome injury and will contest the 60m hurdles at this weekend’s All-Ireland Indoor championships at Belfast’s Odyssey.

THE OUTSTANDING success of the Special Olympic Summer Games will be marked at the annual Canon Hayes National Sports Awards in Tipperary on Friday night when a special award will be made to the leader of the organising team, Mary Davis, and Special Olympics Team Ireland.

THE GAA has defended the standard of emergency services at matches after a man died during the Munster Under 21 final in Thurles.