A 64-year-old man who was growing cannabis in his converted attic to make “ medicinal soup”, has been handed down a two year prison sentence.

One day down, three to go. The Cheltenham Festival is, and always has been, a marathon rather than a sprint but the pace of life at the Prestbury Park racecourse in the depths of the Cotswolds never ceases to amaze no matter how many the renewals.

PERCE Rock gave Tony McCoy and J P McManus a timely boost following the fatal fall of Wichita Lineman in the Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National on Monday when landing the Tattersalls Ireland Dan Moore Memorial Handicap Chase at Fairyhouse yesterday.

Time Electric will not run in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at the Cheltenham Festival.

DONAL MURTAGH had every reason to be proud of Crossmaglen Rangers’ sixth AIB Ulster Club football title win in Newry yesterday, having successfully carried on the torch from Joe Kernan and proving him as successful a manager as he was a player.