Joseph O’Brien will be crowned Irish champion jockey for the first time next weekend – even after Pat Smullen signed off for the season with a treble at Leopardstown on Saturday.

Dermot Weld is keen to see how Big Break handles easier conditions in a fascinating renewal of the JRA Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown today.

This week confirmed something that has been nagging one for a while — it is actually easier to show a profit at Cheltenham than Galway.