Geoff Travis may have had a hand in the rise of bands such as The Smiths, but it’s his new crop of Irish acts that has him excited in advance of his visit to Cork, writes Ed Power

THE tremendous success story of Gordon Elliott continued at Killarney last night when his Grand Opera completed a hat-trick in the featured Ladbrokes’ Gold Rush Handicap Hurdle.

BOOKMAKERS are predicting Willie Mullins’ Deutschland could go off a warm order in today’s Arthur Guinness Galway Hurdle.

TOMMY STACK’S Benji’s Babes can make it third time lucky in the Median Auction Maiden at Listowel tonight.

ON the eve of a busy Guineas weekend at the Curragh, Johnny Murtagh bagged an early double on a rare visit to Wexford last night, scoring on Anam Chara and long odds-on favourite Yankee Doodle.