And so the great day has dawned.

Barney Curley has admitted his part in the January betting coup which allegedly cost bookmakers in the region of £2million.

The league is never as important as it seems in February and March.

It must have been a case of déjà vu for bookmakers as four horses with a link to legendary Irish gambler and former trainer Barney Curley won in exceptional circumstances netting punters more than €2.5m.

THE battles on the infamous uphill climb after the last obstacle aren’t the only ones that will be played out on the Cotswolds this week.

Richard Hughes has been unsuccessful in his appeal against the six-day suspension he picked up at Wolverhampton on Saturday evening.

GOOD old Barney Curley didn’t half liven up the scene with those well-publicised gambles in England on Monday.

BRITAIN’S bookmakers were counting the cost last night after a huge gamble on four horses.

Saturday's Sandown winner Tasheba has been handed top weight of 11st 12lb in the Ladbroke at Ascot on December 19.

Grand National-winning jockey Liam Treadwell returned to the big time with his most high-profile success since Aintree as The Last Derby caused a 33-1 upset in Ascot's United House Gold Cup.

David Simcock can now start thinking of next year’s Ascot Gold Cup after the hugely progressive Darley Sun pulled five lengths clear of the field in the totesport.com Cesarewitch at Newmarket.

Darley Sun defied statistics to run away with the totesport.com Cesarewitch at Newmarket.

Shaun Harley is preparing for the biggest opportunity of his brief training career as Muskatsturm lines up for the Hacketts Bookmakers Irish Cesarewitch at the Curragh on Sunday.

Barney Curley and Tom Queally were unsuccessful in appeals at the Horseracing Regulatory Authority in London against their punishment under rules governing non-triers.

Tom Queally has been hit with a 20-day ban just two days after getting a three-week suspension.

Punters down on their luck at Leicester can play their get-out-of-jail-for-free card by following Glingerbank in the finale.

IT could pay to follow Zabeel Palace in the Smith and Williamson Novices’ Hurdle at Folkestone today.

GEORGE Washington, ante-post favourite for the Stan James 2000 Guineas, has been added to the Vodafone Derby field at the second-entry stage.

RUBY WALSH, fresh from his comeback success on Cornish Sett at Newbury on Saturday, heads the panel for the Cashmans Bookmakers Cheltenham Preview at the Silversprings Hotel in Cork tonight at 8pm.

Gerard Butler's Jack Sullivan bids to win the Group Three Maktoum Challenge II over nine furlongs on dirt for the second year running at Nad Al Sheba on Thursday.

JAMIE SPENCER tightened his grip on the jockeys’ championship with 89-1 treble thanks to wins on Boanerges, Le Soleil and Tipsy Lad at Wolverhampton yesterday.

Jamie Spencer tightened his grip on the jockeys’ championship with 89-1 treble thanks to wins on Boanerges, Le Soleil and Tipsy Lad at Wolverhampton.

Sendintank is the new favourite for the totesport Cesarewitch after his dramatic last-gasp victory in the Ladbrokes Mallard Stakes at Doncaster.

THERE is rarely much quality on show at Hereford and the majority of the meeting there today is not much different.

Catherine Dettori stole the limelight from husband Frankie when she rode her first winner on her first ride in public at Newbury today.