Two icons of Irish racing, Marguerite (Gita) Weld and Johnny Harrington, have passed away.

Barry Geraghty paid tribute to bloodstock agent Johnny Harrington after the husband of leading Irish trainer Jessica Harrington died following a long battle with cancer.

NIALL ‘Slippers’ Madden, out with a head injury since March, made a successful return to action when partnering Salesin to a hard-earned, all-the-way victory in the Black Point Handicap Hurdle at Wexford last night.

HE mixed in circles with the rich and the famous but Lord Thady Dunraven was far from being a “Lord of the Manor” in his beloved Adare.

LITTLE went right for Jessica Harrington’s Jumbajukiba at Galway last week, but he was back on song with an impressive performance in the Listed Platinum Stakes at Cork yesterday.