Reigning champion jockey Richard Hughes has accumulated a host of top-flight European races during his career but finally corrected one glaring omission as Sky Lantern provided his first British classic in the Qipco 1000 Guineas at Newmarket yesterday.

THE first sub 28.00 run by a dog in Ireland is now firmly on the horizon following Fat Budgie’s brilliant 28.08 effort in the final of the Rochestown Park Hotel Stakes at Curraheen Park on Saturday night.

FAT BUDGIE stands out in the Rochestown Park Hotel Stakes final at Curraheen Park tonight.