TEACHERS CHOICE, making a quick reappearance following a promising effort at the Curragh on Sunday, can give us a big run in the Fonezone Telecommunications Handicap at Down Royal tonight.

A Japanese whaling ship has begun moving away from the Antarctic coast under its own power, an official said today – 10 days after fire crippled the vessel and left it stricken near the world’s biggest Adelie penguin rookery.