Although the Triton Showers National Rally Championship hasn’t reached the halfway mark, Monaghan’s Sam Moffett is showing real championship form.

Setting a cracking pace and mastering the wet conditions, Monaghan’s Sam Moffett (Ford Fiesta WRC) guided by Cavan’s James Fulton won the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh Rally, the opening round of the Triton National Rally Championship.

Golden retriever Zane is one of a kind: he works as a trained guide dog but he’s also able to alert his diabetes-suffering owner when her blood-sugar levels are low.

A defendant has been shot dead outside a court in Mississippi.

The weather may have made it feel more like January than June for Royal Ascot trials day at Naas yesterday, but there were plenty of clues on offer for those who braved the wind and rain, not least in the shape of Anthem Alexander.

Karen’s parents John and Marian, and brothers Brendan, Kieran, and Damien sat in silent contemplation as Fr Joe O’Keeffe paid a moving tribute to their loss.

The well-touted Father Frost swooped late to deny Frozen Lake in the Ticket Sales Online @corkracecourse.ie Maiden in Cork last night, completing a double for Aidan and Joseph O’Brien.

Dogs have been found to have 98% reliability rate in sniffing out prostate cancer in men, according to newly published research.

A mother has been jailed for six years by a British court after biting off a chunk of a woman's nose like a "shark" during a children's pantomime at Butlins in West Sussex.

It’s only five months since Ireland made history at the Women’s Rugby World Cup by beating New Zealand in the pool stages and reaching the semi-finals, but the personnel changes since have been seismic.

George Margarson is looking forward to taking one of his stable stars Rebellious Guest to the inaugural meeting at Chelmsford City tomorrow.

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Jim Goldie feels Hawkeyethenoo is ready to put up a good show despite having to carry top weight in today’s Cash Out Multiples Only On Betfair International Handicap at Ascot after being given time to recover from two quick runs.

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Kevin Ryan admits testing conditions at the Curragh are a concern for Tiddliwinks ahead of the in-form sprinter’s hat-trick bid in today’s Woodies D.I.Y. Sapphire Stakes.

Dermot Weld’s Sapphire made a spectacular seasonal debut at Cork yesterday when sweeping to an easy success in the Group 3 Kerry Group Noblesse Stakes.

Laura Guest has almost travelled full circle in her rugby career. She started off as an out-half and though unlikely to don the play-maker’s jersey ever again, is now back where likes to be, in the thick of the action.

DAN BUOY is a standing dish at Pontefract and looks a leading contender for the Jamaican Flight Handicap.

DOG owners who don’t clean up after their pets soil town and city streets have been branded vandals after an elderly nun slipped on a canine mess, breaking her hip.

Joshua Tree landed a famous win for Ireland in the Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine.

Serious Attitude is set to make her seasonal debut in the Weatherbys Bank Kilvington Fillies’ Stakes at Nottingham on Saturday.

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Trainer Richard Guest has had his appeal against a £3,000 fine handed out over the running of Sobers in 2006 upheld.

JIMMY FORTUNE believes very fast ground would be the main problem posed to red-hot favourite Rainbow View in tomorrow’s stanjames.com 1000 Guineas.

Nicky Henderson broke new ground when Giorgio Quercus and Bellvano provided the master of Seven Barrows with his first winners at Musselburgh today.

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Facing strong winds and choppy seas, Australian authorities today halted their search for a missing man police suspect was eaten by a shark while snorkelling in Western Australia.

George Foster celebrated a notable success at Musselburgh as Bourse claimed victory in the Betty Joyce Handicap.

Serious Attitude illustrated just how serious she is by maintaining her unblemished record and returning trainer Rae Guest to the big time in the 32Red.com Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket.

Rae Guest's Serious Attitude faces a steep rise in class in the 32red.com Cheveley Park Stakes at Newmarket on Friday.

ROSA Grace will represent Newmarket trainer Rae Guest in Sunday’s Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh.

Rosa Grace is set to step up in grade for a crack at the Darley Irish Oaks at the Curragh on July 13, providing the ground is riding fast.

Henry Cecil’s former assistant David Lanigan enjoyed a dream start to his training career when Ben Chorley hit the target at Pontefract.

Seb Sanders took Windsor’s opening fixture of 2008 by storm, notching a magnificent near 535-1 treble highlighted by his success on By Command in the HSBC Investment Maiden Stakes.

A TEAM of bat experts has been called in by Waterford County Council to study population levels of the misunderstood mammals.

Evan Williams ended a barren spell of three weeks when McEvoy gave Classic-winning owner Phil Cunningham his first National Hunt success with victory at Ludlow.

CARDIFF BLUES stayed firmly on course for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals last night, after subduing Harlequins’ spirited resistance at a windswept Arms Park.

Richard Guest was all smiles after watching 12-1 chance European Dream rout his field in the William Hill Spring Mile.

The excellent form of Mark Johnston’s winter squad was succinctly underlined with a 14-1 double at windswept Southwell.

RICHARD GUEST has been informed he is to face a disciplinary hearing at the Horseracing Regulatory Authority following November’s animal cruelty case.

Richard Guest is unlikely to have his trainer’s license withdrawn despite admitting animal cruelty following the death of a racehorse that was incorrectly treated.