Jane Mangan continued her rapid rise up the ladder with another highly competent display aboard top weight Don’t Tell Pa in the Limerick Racecourse Handicap Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

British bookmakers fear another pounding if Tony McCoy and Don't Push It win the John Smith's Grand National for the second year running.

HE may only be in the early days of a hugely promising career, but Adrian Heskin is unlikely to forget this weekend in a hurry.

Tony McCoy was reduced to tears as Don’t Push It raced to glory in the John Smith’s Grand National to give the champion jockey his first win in the great race at the 15th attempt.

Tom Dascombe is confident Don't Tell Mary will give a good account of herself in the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot on Wednesday week.

CONNECTIONS of Don’t Push It are confident the eight-year-old will give a good account of himself in the Paddy Power Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday.

Clive Cox has ruled both Miracle Seeker and Don’t Forget Faith out of the Darley Irish Oaks.

Derby-winning trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam repaid owner John Fretwell’s decision to send him Medicine Path by saddling the four-year-old to a length victory in the Doncaster Mile on Town Moor.

Clive Cox hopes Don’t Forget Faith can build on her promising debut success in the skybet.com Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket.

NEWMILL could face two of the three horses that finished ahead of him at Cheltenham last month as he bids for back-to-back victories in Punchestown’s Kerrygold Champion Chase later this month.

Thirty-nine horses remain in the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup after the latest forfeit stage.

JUSTIFIED, a leading candidate for the Irish Independent Arkle Challenge Trophy, has been ruled of a possible engagement at Fairyhouse this weekend.

Baracouda, four-time winner of the totesport Long Walk Hurdle, heads the 18 entries for this year’s renewal at Windsor on December 17.

THE sole foreign member of an Irish gang suspected of murdering a Cork drug dealer in Portugal and dumping his body in a fridge has told police he will end up like the deceased if he gives evidence against the other members.

A South Korean human rights group today revealed what it claimed to be the first video footage of dissident activity in North Korea.

Three members of the Garda Siochana were being questioned today by detectives involved in a corruption probe.

WEXFORD’S Allstar defender Darragh Ryan is to undergo surgery for cruciate ligament damage to his left knee.