GORDON Elliott’s rapidly improving Tharawaat can enjoy a first Grade 1 success in the Durkan New Homes Juvenile Hurdle at Leopardstown on Friday.

Noel Chance’s Mendo should prove in a different league to his rivals at Ascot tomorrow.

Richard Hughes could be expected to forgo the bread and butter of British racing for more tropical climes at this time of year.

LETHAL assaults are occurring in Limerick because there is no secure psychiatric unit in the city for violent, mentally ill people, according to the president of the Limerick Law Society.