At the 11th hour we switched Klassical Dream back to the Supreme and he’ll be my first ride of the 2019 Cheltenham Festival. We had contemplated going up in trip with him after his win at the Dublin Racing Festival in Leopardstown but with the ground slowing and looking at the opposition – Felix Desjy will more than likely make it a strongly-run race – we thought this would be the right race for him.

‘HANDS off our land’ is the clear message being sent to Waterford City Council by dozens who’ve made submissions on the proposed extension of the city boundary into Kilkenny.

A TURF war has broken out between local authorities in Waterford and Kilkenny over plans to extend the Deise boundary.