GIG WISE: With Electric Picnic out of the way, the next biggie on the Irish music horizon is the Guinness Amplify festival taking place through the five provinces on different weekends in September and October.

Owner Barry Connell has confirmed Mount Benbulben will be supplemented for the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

I spent Thursday night in London, at the Hilton Hotel in Park Lane, attending a testimonial dinner for Ronan O’Gara.

All it took was one good family night and three thirsty nobles to choose the blend for Slane Castle Whiskey.

THOSE of us who had pencilled in Mount Benbulben as a possible Cheltenham festival winner weren’t half left gasping for breath after he was beaten out of the gate by Boston Bob in a Grade 1 hurdle at Navan last Sunday.

I HAVE had some very enjoyable trips to England with my horses over the years and Sandown has been especially kind, with Moscow Flyer doing the business in the Tingle Creek Chase two years in a row.

NOTHING quite illustrates Alex Ferguson’s extraordinary longevity better than the juxtaposition of images from Manchester and Dallas on Sunday.

Check out our tips from today's horse races across Ireland and the UK.

Mount Nelson will be Aidan O’Brien’s only runner in Saturday’s Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.

Connections are hopeful of a good run from Regime in the High Chaparral EBF Mooresbridge Stakes at the Curragh tomorrow.

MOUNTLEADER Helen, the fastest of the heat winners with a 28.79 effort, made the top price at the Curraheen Park sales yesterday.

Six men from remote Pitcairn Island today launched a challenge to the British laws used to convict them last year of a string of sex abuse cases dating back as many as 40 years.

Mt Lourdes Grammar, Fermanagh 4-11 St Josephs Spanish Point, Clare 2-3