Odds-on favourite Landau and Drunken Counsel provided trainer Gordon Elliott with a double on Downpatrick’s Bank Holiday card on a day when the County Meath handler also doubled-up, with Balbriggan and Taglietelle at Cartmel.

If James Motherway’s Bluesea Cracker wins the Grand National, she’ll become the first mare since Nickel Coin back in 1951 to win the race. But Declan Colley says it will cause a sensation for reasons other than her sex.

AS the RTÉ television commentary team came to terms with the success of 25/1 outsider, Bluesea Cracker, in the Irish Grand National, Ted Walsh admitted he had never heard of the winner’s sire.

WINNING the champion ridden hunter award at a show for the second successive weekend is no mean achievement.