The decision by Aidan O’Brien to turn Adestes Fideles’ thoughts to sprinting can reap a dividend in the six furlongs Floodlit Friday Nights At Dundalk Maiden on the all weather tonight.

Jim Bolger certainly doesn’t believe in wrapping his horses in cotton wool and two of them making quick reappearances at Clonmel this evening, Stirabout and Chance To Dance, are fancied to deliver.

THE former wife of the groom at a Kuwait wedding where a raging fire killed 43 women and children has confessed to starting the blaze as an act of revenge, local newspapers reported yesterday.