James Nash is hoping his veteran performer Your Busy will lead his rivals a “merry dance” in Sunday’s John Smith’s Summer Cup at Uttoxeter.

Tonkinese can make a successful step up in trip, to almost 10 furlongs, in the West Gate Median Auction Race this evening in Clonmel.

It’s a big weekend for the Graham Wylie novices, with Bellshill and Yorkhill both in action in Grade One company, and Yorkhill plays his hand first, in this afternoon’s Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown.

Three races for punters to concentrate on at Kilbeggan this evening, where the nap goes to Croghill Tuppence in the Kilbeggan Patrons Club Handicap Chase, over three miles and a furlong.

Jockey Jack Kennedy once again showed his burgeoning talent in best light when recording a near 60-1 double yesterday afternoon at Cork racecourse.

An otherwise run-of-the-mill meeting produced a very special moment at Tramore Racecourse last night as jockey Andrew McNamara, one of the true gentlemen of the weigh-room, bowed out aboard a winner on his final ride in the saddle.

The flat season gets under way tomorrow and there will be plenty focus on the public gallops that many of the Ballydoyle hopefuls will be doing after racing at the Curragh.

Paene Magnus registered his fifth win from seven starts on Dundalk’s polytrack at Lingfield Park on Good Friday.

AP McCoy’s announcement that he would be retiring at the end of the season didn’t come as a surprise to me because we are good friends.

The Andy Oliver-trained debutant Vitally Important looked a smart prospect when bolting-up in the Dundalk Stadium – Light Up Your Night Maiden in Dundalk last night.

Trainer Michael O’Callaghan landed the opening two-year-old maiden in Dundalk last night, not with 13/8 favourite Knoxville Bullet but with the gambled-on debutant Aggression.

James Nash reports his Guinness Kerry National hero Your Busy to be in flying form following Wednesday’s big-race success and is looking forward to further glory over the big fences at Aintree.

Galway Plate hero Shane Shortall continued in top form when registering a double on Cassells Rock and Point Of Rescue in Bellewstown last night but also incurred a two-day whip ban.

Favourites Rae’s Creek and Massini’s Trap provided Fran Berry with a fine double at the opening stage of Ballinrobe’s two-day May meeting last night.

Your Busy, now an 11-year-old, showed he is far from a back number when taking the featured McSweeney Arms Hotel Killarney National Handicap Chase at the Kerry track last night.

I rode work at Willie Mullins’ on Thursday morning and it certainly brought home to me what a wealth of talent he will unleash in the coming weeks and months.

Bryan Cooper, out of action with a broken leg sustained at Down Royal last May until resuming race-riding at Kilbeggan last Friday, was back in the winner’s enclosure following the smooth success of Captain Arceus in the City Publicans Charity Hurdle in Galway yesterday.

Gordon Elliott is hoping Flaxen Flare can make the most of what looks a golden opportunity in the Corkracecourse.ie Hurdle at the Mallow track tomorrow.

Pat Flynn’s Prince Chaparral became the only horse to win twice at the festival when landing the Supporters’ Club Maiden Hurdle at the final stage of Tramore yesterday.

Odds-on favourite Dabadiyan, Declan McDonogh’s only ride of the evening, completed his hat-trick and sent punters home happy when landing last night’s finale in Down Royal, Her Majesty’s Plate.

Inexperienced 7lb. claimer Thomas Doran received a massive 50-day ban following his handling of Massini’s Trap, third to The Ring Is King in the opening Paddy Smyth Memorial Maiden Hurdle in Ballinrobe last night.

The Ger Lyons-trained Keeping looked a decent prospect when foiling favourite Bint Nayef in the Irish Stallion Farms Fillies Maiden in Dundalk last night.

Champion trainer Willie Mullins has his string in superb midsummer form and recorded his second double in 24 hours in Roscommon when Letherbelucky and Connaught Manor triumphed last night.

Well, there isn’t too much to get excited about this weekend, although the fact I ride at two meetings in England today does make it somewhat interesting.

CHAMPION conditional rider Bryan Cooper reached another notable milestone is his burgeoning career when partnering Pistol Jack to victory in the Ryans Events Cleaners Handicap Chase in Galway yesterday.

ALTHOUGH virtually ignored in the market, the Ruby Walsh ridden Sulwaan made a successful debut for Dermot Weld when proving too strong for Tavern Times and Princeton Plains in the Irish Stallion Farms Novice Hurdle in Sligo yesterday.

FRAN BERRY ended the 2010 turf season on a high with a spectacular 150/1 treble at Leopardstown yesterday, highlighted by the emphatic victory of three-year-old filly What A Charm in the Leopardstownm November Handicap and Luisant’s success in the listed Knockaire Stakes.

He’s succeeded in serving two masters and has become a racing hero legend in the process. But straight-talking Ruby Walsh is the first to admit that he doesn’t play the fame game too well.

JOHNNY MURTAGH closed to within six of former champion Pat Smullen in the title race thanks to a double on two-year-olds Petronius Maximum and Gemstone at the Curragh yesterday, the first two legs of a 134/1 treble for Aidan O’Brien.

James Nash's Luisant (3-1) gained a deserved success in the Jersey Racing Club Testimonial Stakes at the Curragh today.

CHAMPION jockey Johnny Murtagh, who returned to action after a six-day suspension on the ill-fated Age Of Aquarius at Goodwood last Thursday, regained the winning habit when doubling up on two-year-olds Lake Ontario and Lightening Thief at Naas yesterday.

Despite defeats on three odds-on favourites, Fran Berry took the riding honours at Fairyhouse last night, recording a double on Bold Thady Quill and Sean Og Coulston in the handicap action.

A 51-YEAR-OLD prison officer was remanded at Limerick District Court on four charges alleging the possession of drugs last Monday.

WILLIE MULLINS recorded his 18th bumper victory since November 1 when Alexander Seaview made a successful debut in the finale at Fairyhouse yesterday.

PATIO continued trainer David Marnane’s superb season when landing the ‘Thanks To Ballinrobe Race Sponsors 2008’ Race at Ballinrobe yesterday.

WILLIE Mullins ended 2007 on a high when, in addition to winning with O’Hana at Tramore, he saddled Snowy Morning and C’est Ca to triumph at Punchestown yesterday.

A leading publishing house has shelved plans for a new book telling how corrupt gardai tried to frame a Donegal businessman for a murder that never was.