DAVY RUSSELL consolidated his position in the jockeys’ championship when taking his tally for the campaign to 63 aboard Tiarella in the Murray O’Laoire Architects Mares Hurdle at Limerick yesterday.

NINE O, despite a substantial rise in the weights, is the nap choice to land the Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase at Limerick this afternoon.

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