“HE’S not where he is for nothing”, exclaimed trainer Eoin Griffin of Ruby Walsh, after he had just watched the pilot drive his Mirpour to a narrow victory in the John F McGuire Beginners Chase at Listowel yesterday.

TESTING conditions and a very competitive looking programme make this afternoon’s second day at Listowel one which punters would do well to swerve as much as possible.

GALWAY Hurdle hero Cloone River made a smashing start over fences when outclassing his rivals in the Meadowlands Hotel Beginners Chase at Tralee yesterday.

7-2 favourite Cloone River has won the Guinness Galway Hurdle after a surge saw him first past the finishing post.

Rockstown Boy has won the big race of the opening day at the Galway Festival today, coming home at 9-2 in the GPT Galway Handicap.

THE clash of two well-regarded colts, Rock Of Cashel and Grey Swallow, from two powerful yards, in the GPT Access Equipment Maiden promises a cracking start to the Galway Festival this evening.

RACING at Gowran Park was abandoned after two races yesterday when the acting Stewards agreed with the jockeys' assertion that the track was unsafe.

AIDAN O’BRIEN’S Statue Of Liberty could make his eagerly-awaited seasonal debut in Wednesday’s Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot.

THREE meetings in Ireland this weekend, with quality thin on the ground and quantity set to flourish.

CHRISTY ROCHE’S Mind The Square can enjoy a first success over jumps in the Stephen Grainger Haulage Novice Hurdle at Punchestown tonight.

NATIVE UPMANSHIP is a hopeful choice to provide the answer to the John Durkan Memorial Chase at Punchestown tomorrow.