Just minutes after her typically ice-cool sign-off on the Six One News last night RTÉ’s Sharon Ní Bheoláin became the latest celeb to be doused in freezing water to raise funds for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association.

There have been some outstanding performances from young horses in point-to-points over the past few weeks and, on Saturday at the Kildare Foxhounds meet at Punchestown, it was Liam Burke’s turn to introduce a potentially-decent prospect in Sumos Novios who posted a stellar debut performance in a vintage renewal of the five-year-old geldings’ maiden.

Timmy Murphy is riding at the top of his form and took his score in the past 15 days to 13 winners when completing a double on Supreme Catch and Tora Bora at Market Rasen.