ON a day when Pat Smullen clinched the Jockeys Championship with a double on Hawa Bali and Elusive Ridge, Joseph O’Brien kept his hopes of snatching the apprentice title alive with a double on Alexander Pope and Mr Pianist at Dundalk yesterday.

The minister responsible for road safety and transport in Western Australia has lost her driver’s licence for speeding and it was disclosed today the disqualification is her second since 1994.