Aidan O’Brien will reportedly walk Flemington’s track on the morning of Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup before giving Septimus the all-clear.

BATTLING cousins Patrick Hyland and Paul Griffin will touch gloves in anger for the first time when they battle it out for the vacant Irish featherweight title at the National Stadium on April 19 on a bill that will feature all three Hyland brothers with Edward set to contest the Irish super featherweight belt with Kevin O’Hara from Belfast.