Trainer Pat Fahy topped and tailed yesterday’s meeting at Clonmel with the victories for Eyes Of A Tiger and Ten Times Better, while their respective riders, Ruby and Katie Walsh, helped record a memorable day for the Walsh family as their father, Ted, was also on the mark, with Old Castletown.

Alan King has paid tribute to the retiring Robert Thornton, highlighting the 2008 Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle victory of Nenuphar Collonges as the ride that best showcased his talents.

“With the year I’ve had this is very special,” said trainer Mouse Morris after watching Rogue Angel battle back bravely to snatch victory in the Guinness Kerry National, when the Listowel Harvest Festival resumed yesterday afternoon.

Paralysed jockeys and rugby players will be amongst the first to benefit from using an exoskeleton suit which has been purchased by a horseracing charity.

With the Galway Festival getting underway on Monday, there is just one meeting in Ireland this weekend and, unsurprisingly, it’s modest fare which should urge similar scale investment from punters.

Here is the thread of the game. As Waterford supporters streamed onto the turf in Semple Stadium yesterday after a comprehensive victory in the NHL final, a trim gent in his thirties threw his arms around a player in white and blue.

Saphir Du Rheu and Zarkandar will try to fill the void left by Big Buck’s when the Ditcheat duo run in today’s World Hurdle at Cheltenham.

Jockey Jamie Spencer has abandoned plans to retire from the saddle and will continue next year as a freelance.

Jockey Karen Kenny is expected to make a full recovery as she continues her rehabilitation from a horror fall at Tramore earlier this month.

Jockey Eddie O’Connell is to appeal the findings of the Referrals Committee which earlier this week saw him banned for four years by the Turf Club.

Jockey Joe Tizzard has lost none of his faith in Cue Card, despite snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in the William Hill King George VI Chase.

Tributes have come from throughout the racing and greyhound racing world for Patsy Byrne, who died suddenly yesterday morning.

This afternoon's meeting at Hamilton was delayed after a fall in the Try A totetrifecta At totepool.com Handicap saw Paul Mulrennan taken to Wishaw General Hospital.

Jockey Brian Toomey remains in a “stable condition” after undergoing surgery on the serious injuries he sustained in a heavy fall at Perth last Thursday.

Jockey Danny Mullins picked up a 14-day suspension at Bellewstown on Friday evening in unusual circumstances.

Roger Varian is considering a return to Ascot for the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes with Ektihaam after reporting the colt “none the worse” following a nasty slip at the track on Saturday.

Jockey Frankie Dettori said he was “very ashamed and embarrassed” after being banned for six months after testing positive for cocaine.

Willie Mullins topped his own record as two Grade One victories on the final day helped him take his Punchestown Festival tally to 13 winners for the week.

Jockey Barry Geraghty would not swap Bobs Worth for anything else in the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday.

Jockey Martin Dwyer is set to face an inquiry in India following his third-place finish aboard the favourite for a race at Mahalaxmi racecourse in Mumbai.

After news today that the PGA Tour is to investigate an allegation that Vijay Singh may have used deer antler spray that was previously found to contain a banned growth hormone, we got to thinking about other unusual doping incidents in sport.

Jockey Eddie Ahern and five other individuals have been charged with serious breaches of the rules of racing.

The nominees for the 2012 Horse Racing Ireland awards were announced yesterday and includes a new category – Racecourse of the Year.

Gus Macrae made full use of his feather weight to claim the feature race at Aintree on Sunday.

Qahriman, the first reserve for the Betfred Ebor, will run in the valuable handicap at York today after Harlestone Times was declared a non-runner.

Graham Watters appears to be the only jockey to have suffered an injury from a pile-up at Roscommon on Tuesday night.

Dawn Approach lived up to his tall reputation with a hard-fought victory in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot yesterday.

Jockey Andrew Thornton is expected to be back in action later this week after escaping with just soft tissue damage when riding Donatis Comet at the Curragh on Monday.

Aidan O’Brien became the first trainer since 1942 to claim the 1000 and 2000 Guineas in the same season on two occasions as Homecoming Queen was a surprise winner of the fillies’ Classic yesterday, 24 hours after Camelot’s triumph.

Jockey Keith Mercer faces another lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a fall at Kelso yesterday.

Robert Winston will appeal against the 22-day ban handed to him by the Southwell stewards yesterday.

Rubi Light captured his first Grade One victory in tremendous style with a brilliant performance in the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown.

MIDNIGHT Chase is set to bypass Saturday’s bet365 Charlie Hall Chase at Wetherby in favour of a trip to Ireland the following week.

Paul Hanagan took another step towards being crowned champion jockey for a second successive season with a double at Redcar today.

Pat Dobbs expects to be sidelined for about six weeks after breaking his upper arm in a freak accident at Newmarket on Saturday.

Richard Hannon has confirmed his stable star Canford Cliffs has been retired to stud.

Jockey Billy Cray is set for a short spell on the sidelines following at fall at Southwell yesterday.

Henry Cecil expects Twice Over to be seen in his true light in the Sky Bet York Stakes today.

Jockey Nathan Sweeney faces a lengthy spell on the sidelines after suffering a broken leg in a fall at Newton Abbot yesterday.

JOCKEY Andrew Lynch is hoping to be back in the saddle in time for the Galway Festival.

Sole Power bounced back to his best form to land the betfred.com Temple Stakes at Haydock as the ’Budapest Bullet’ Overdose failed to fire.

IT was hard to avoid the feeling of anticlimax at Newmarket yesterday, but it will not have affected those connected with Godolphin as Blue Bunting slipped virtually unnoticed up the stands rail to collect the Qipco 1000 Guineas.

Pathfork continues to delight Jessica Harrington as the unbeaten colt prepares for a crack at the Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket on April 30.