Mick McCarthy’s hopes of becoming Ireland manager may be fading and he was fully focused on his current side Ipswich last night.

Millwall 0 Ipswich 0

Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given has been handed a rare starting spot for the home FA cup third-round clash with Ipswich.

Frankel is likely to stick to a mile for at least his next race before the champion colt is asked to step up in trip.

Godolphin’s Friston Forest heads a maximum field of 20 runners in the John Smith’s Northumberland Plate at Newcastle on Saturday.

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.

David Pipe can take another step towards emulating his father’s fantastic achievements by winning the John Smith’s Grand National with Comply Or Die.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S Holy Roman Emperor heads 135 entries for the £250,000 Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket on October 14.

Gamut can return to the top of his game to claim the Princess Of Wales’s Edward St George Memorial Stakes at Newmarket tomorrow.