"Could this be the best podcast episode ever?” shouted the Guardian last week. Betteridge’s law of headlines instantly jumped to mind: Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.

Ireland could be represented at Wetherby’s Charlie Hall meeting on Saturday with Eye Candy looking set to tackle the Constant Security Wensleydale Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle.

A United States federal judge today fined a British tobacco company $25,000-a-day (€21,180) for failing to comply with an earlier court order.