MISSION accomplished. Kilworth are the new Evening Echo Cork junior hurling champions, but not without a mighty battle from never-say-die Dungourney.

RACING at Tipperary last night was abandoned after six races when a cloudburst turned the ground into a virtual skating rink for the Ramada Ballykisteen Handicap Chase.

RUSSIAN RHYTHM and Attraction, the last two winners of the 1000 Guineas, head the 32 entries revealed yesterday for the Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket on October 2.

Today’s supplementary entry stage for the French 2000 Guineas passed with no additional runners so American Post faces a maximum of seven rivals in Sunday’s Classic.