Connections of the two horses disqualified from first and second places for taking the wrong course in an amateur riders’ chase at Cork on Sunday have lodged appeals to the Irish Turf Club.

ON an afternoon when Ruby Walsh rode in excess of a 15-1 treble, the main talking point at Cork yesterday was the Mallow Handicap Chase.

There is an all national hunt card down for decision at Punchestown today and with the ground remaining on the fast side due to the current dry spell, the fields are pretty small with the exception of the concluding bumper.

DERMOT WELD’S rapidly improving Humilis is flying up through the grades and she enjoyed her biggest success to date when taking the Listed Blue Wind Stakes at Cork last night.