A former restaurateur jailed for 15 years for importing almost €80,000 worth of cannabis featured in a TV documentary on how he had mended his ways after getting a seven-year sentence in 2000 for importing drugs worth over €1.65m.

THERE will be slim pickings for European horses when America’s prestigious Eclipse Awards are handed out in Beverly Hills, California, later this month.

Racing Post Trophy winner High Chaparral will have six rivals when he makes his seasonal debut in the Ballysax 3YO Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday.