Thurles must inspect at 7.30am before giving tomorrow's fixture the go-ahead.

ONE of the consequences of yesterday’s announcement of a new track for Tipperary is confirmation Thurles racecourse will close.

THE Turf Club is still awaiting a final decision from An Bord Pleanala to enable construction of the much publicised new grandstand at the Curragh to commence.

Developing the Curragh, breathalysing jockeys, fending off errant economists, cracking down on manipulated appeal hearings and dealing with Betfair is just part of the workload faced by the Irish Turf Club. Declan Colley finds out how they manage.

THE Curragh Racecourse is set for a €100m facelift to turn it into a world class venue, it was confirmed yesterday.

Retired Supreme Court judge, Mr Justice Ronan Keane, and former Attorney General, Eoghan Fitzsimons SC, are to head a new appeals body for Irish horse racing, it emerged today.

I can safely say that in all the years I have been watching racing, I have never witnessed a worse decision than the one which saw Blueberry Boy disqualified after winning the opening novice hurdle at Punchestown on Sunday.

DEHYDRATION among jockeys has become a major problem in Irish racing and random testing may have to be introduced to combat it.

KILDARE County Council have given the go-ahead to a proposed realignment of a section of motorway near the Curragh racecourse.

THE Turf Club is set to implement new rules aimed at prohibiting the laying of horses by people with ‘inside information’ which could ultimately see offenders being ‘warned off’ from racing.