Galway Race Committee yesterday announced that Guinness has renewed its festival sponsorship for a further five years to the value of €1million.

Marchese Marconi provided Sarah O’Brien with her second success in the saddle when getting the better of odds-on favourite Pique Sous in the Gorey Race in Wexford last night.

Dull might be the best word to describe what’s on offer in Ireland this weekend, but the show goes on and the nap vote at Tramore today falls on Raajih in the Summerhill Shopping Centre Beginners Chase.